Introduction / Nancy McKenzie Dupont. "Lawless Louisiana" : New Orleans newspapers, race, and the battle of Liberty Place / Yellow journalism : why so maligned and misunderstood? / W. Joseph Campbell -- "Alarming intelligence" : sensationalism in newspapers after the raids at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and St. Albans, Vermont / Brian Gabrial -- "What H.G. knows about.." : cartoonist Thomas Nast's 1872 crusade against presidential candidate Horace Greeley / Jennifer E. Moore, William E. Huntzicker, Hazel Dicken-Garcia -- Publishing violence as art and news : sensational prints and pictures in the 19th century press / Gregory A. Borchard, Stephen Bates, Lawrence J. Mullen -- Sensational journalism in the mid-19th century / David W. Bulla, Heather R. Haley -- Mudslinging, muckraking, scandals, and yellow journalism. "Despicable journalism" : sensationalism and the American presidency in the 19th century / Crompton Burton -- Naughty seeds of sensationalism : gossip and celebrity in 19th century reporting / Jack Breslin -- "Ours has been no pleasing task" : sensationalism in Frank Leslie's campaign against Swill Milk / Jennifer E. Moore -- Anglophobia as art : free trade and protection in Grover Cleveland political cartoons / Harlen Makemson -- Cuba's "Hot Little Rebel" and Spain's "Criminal Fugitive" : the prison escape of Evangelina Cisneros in 1897 / Carol Wilcox -- Inheritors of a sentimental mantle : the 19th century roots of progressive era muckraking / Jessica Dorman -- Murder, mayhem, stunts, hoaxes, and disasters. "STILL ANOTHER HORROR"? Religion and death in 19th century American newspapers / Les Sillars -- Sex, sin, and sensation : two major crime stories in Antebellum New York / William E. Huntzicker -- In defense of Vespertilio-homo : finding the truth in the 1835 Moon Hoax / James Eric Black -- Pushing the boundaries of propriety : the rise of the penny press, flash papers, and illustrated newspapers / William E. Huntzicker -- New York Times accident stories : sensational coverage warns of consequences / Paulette D. Kilmer -- Nellie Bly : flying in the face of tradition / Dianne Bragg -- Nineteenth century ship captains in reality and mythos : the role of disaster stories in defining seafaring heroes / Paulette D. Kilmer -- Hatred. Making of a "Scoundrel" : Brigham Young and the sensationalist press, 1855-1860 / Katrina J. Quinn -- Marches, massacres, and mayhem In the Civil War period : did sensational news always lead to sensationalized reporting? / Debra Reddin van Tuyll -- "Lawless Louisiana" : New Orleans newspapers, race, and the battle of Liberty Place / Nancy McKenzie Dupont.
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