Press gallery [[electronic resource] ] : Congress and the Washington correspondents / / Donald A. Ritchie

• Autore: Ritchie Donald A. <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 293 p. ) : ill., facsims., ports
• Disciplina: 070.44932873
• Soggetto topico: Journalists - Washington (D.C.) - History; Press and politics - Washington (D.C.) - History
• Soggetto geografico: Washington (D.C.) Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliography: p277-283. - Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Gales and Seaton -- 2 Horace Greeley;'s Washington Correspondents -- 3 Horace White Speculates on the War -- 4 Ben: Perley Poore and the Bohemian Brigade -- 5 Uriah Hunt Painter, Lobbyist -- 6 General Boynton Makes Peace -- 7 James G. Blaine, Journalist and Politician -- 8 Emily Briggs and the Women Correspondents -- 9 The Senate Fires James Rankin Young -- 10 David Barry and the Loyalty of the Senate -- 11 Richard V. Oulahan, Bureau Chief -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Press Gallery' examines the lives of Greeley, Horace White, Ben"" Perley Poore, Emily Briggs, Jane Grey Swisshelm, James G. Blaine, and others who were positioned in the hub of government when the Civil War, the purchase of Alaska, the Credit Mobilier scandal, and the Johnson impeachment hearings were making front-page news.
• Titolo autorizzato: Press gallery
• ISBN: 0-674-04278-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458042103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II