1st Edition
Lincoln Mediated The President and the Press Through Nineteenth-Century Media
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Lincoln Mediated provides new information about a historical figure everyone thinks they know. It describes how Abraham Lincoln worked with the press throughout his political career, beginning with his service in Congress in the late 1840s, and detailing how his ties to newspapers in Illinois, New York, and Washington played a central role in the success of his presidency. Gregory A. Borchard... Read more
List of Images and IllustrationsForeword, David B. SachsmanAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Abraham Lincoln and the Antebellum Press 2. The President and the Press in the Prelude to War 3. Visualizing the Era 4. Lincoln, the Press, and the Military 5. Lincoln, the Democratic Press, and Censorship 6. Other Voices 7. Honest Abe and Uncle Horace: Lincoln and Greeley's Tribune 8. Lincoln Internationally: The Civil War and the Press AbroadConclusionNotes on SourcesSelected Bibliography About the AuthorsIndex
Biography
David W. Bulla, Gregory Borchard
