Press gallery : Congress and the Washington correspondents / / Donald A. Ritchie

• Autore: Ritchie Donald A. <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1991
• Edizione: 1st Harvard University Press paperback ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages ) : 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
• Note generali: Bibliography: p277-283. - Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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.: 9910784621803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II