Infamous Scribblers The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

by Burns, Eric

• ISBN13: 9781586484286
• ISBN10: 1586484281
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-13
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

In Infamous Scribblers, Eric Burns offers a wonderfully witty exploration of the most volatile period in the history of the American press: the Revolutionary Era. All of the key players are here-from George Washington to Tom Paine-and in Burns' careful treatment, we are offered a new, at times hilarious, understanding of the founding of American media. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Eric Burns is the host of Fox News Channel's "Fox News Watch." A former NBC News correspondent, Burns was named one of the best writers in the history of broadcast journalism by the Washington Journalism Review. He is also an Emmy winner for media criticism. He is the author of four previous books; his The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol, was named one of the best academic press volumes of 2003 by the American Library Association.

Table of Contents

A Note to Readers	p. ix
Introduction: Inappropriate Behavior	p. 3
The Role of Authority
The End of the Beginning	p. 19
Publishing by Authority	p. 35
Defying Authority	p. 53
The Sounds of Silence Dogood	p. 67
Science, Sex, and Super Crown Soap	p. 83
The End of Authority	p. 97
The Approach of War
Severing the Snake	p. 115
The Weekly Dung Barge"	p. 135
The Tory Dung Barge	p. 171
The Shot Spread 'Cross the Page	p. 185
Uncommon Prose	p. 199
A Sword of a Different Kind	p. 211
The Tumult of Peace
The Passionate Decade	p. 225
The Not-So-Unlikely Target	p. 247
The Gazette...	p. 261
...versus the Gazette	p. 277
Dark Whispers on the Page	p. 293
"The Arising Vapour"	p. 315
Cobbett's Quills	p. 337
Sedition	p. 351
Master and Mistress	p. 375
Post-Script	p. 395
Epilogue: Renewed Subscriptions	p. 407
Notes	p. 413
Bibliography	p. 441
Acknowledgments	p. 451
Index	p. 455
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