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Author Holzer, Harold.

Title Lincoln and the power of the press : the war for public opinion / Harold Holzer.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xxix, 733 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-697) and index.
Contents The types are in our glory -- Not like any other thunder -- That attractive rainbow -- A position we cannot maintain -- A mean between two extremes -- The prairies are on fire -- The perilous position of the union -- I cannot go into the newspapers -- Lincoln will not talk with anyone -- Wanted: a leader -- No such thing as freedom of the press -- Slavery must go to the wall -- Sitting on a volcano -- No time to read any papers -- Long Abraham a little longer -- Epilogue: We shall not see again the like.
Summary From his earliest days, Lincoln spoke to the public directly through the press. When war broke out and the nation was tearing itself apart, Lincoln authorized the most widespread censorship in the nation's history, closing down papers that were "disloyal" and even jailing or exiling editors who opposed enlistment or sympathized with secession. The telegraph, the new invention that made instant reporting possible, was moved to the office of Secretary of War Stanton to deny it to unfriendly newsmen. Holzer shows us politicized newspaper editors battling for power, and a masterly president using the press to speak directly to the people and shape the nation.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with journalists.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Journalists.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Press coverage.
Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Press and politics. (OCoLC)fst01075866
Press coverage. (OCoLC)fst01198921
Relations with journalists. (OCoLC)fst01354360
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781439192719 (hardcover)
1439192715 (hardcover)
9781439192726 (softcover)
1439192723 (softcover)
9781439192740 (ebook)
1439192723 (pbk.)

 
    
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