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Author:

Holzer, Harold.

Title:

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

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

733 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Relations with journalists.
United States--Journalists.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Journalists.
United States--Press coverage.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Press coverage.
Press and politics--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Notes:

Includes 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:

Looks at the ways that Abraham Lincoln usedand even manipulated and bulliedthe press to his advantage, including closing down papers that were "disloyal," moving the telegraph to the secretary of war's office to deny it to unfriendly newsmen, pampering top newspaper publishers to get his way and more. By the author of Lincoln at Cooper Union.

ISBN:

1439192723
9781439192726 (trade paper)
1439192715
9781439192719 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2014021392

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