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1 online resource (1 audio file (26hr., 11 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Kevin Foley. |
| Summary |
From his earliest days, Abraham Lincoln devoured newspapers. As he started out in politics, he wrote editorials and letters to argue his case. He spoke to the public directly through the press. He even bought a German-language newspaper to appeal to that growing electorate in his state.When war broke out and the nation was tearing itself apart, Lincoln authorized the most widespread censorship in the nation's history, closing down newspapers that were "disloyal" and even jailing or exiling editors who opposed enlistment or sympathized with secession.In Lincoln and the Power of the Press, Harold Holzer shows us an activist Lincoln through journalists who covered him from his start to the night of his assassination. In a wholly original way, Holzer shows us politicized newspaper editors battling for power and a masterly president who used the press to speak directly to the people and shape the nation. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with journalists.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Journalists.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Press coverage.
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Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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| Added Author |
Foley, Kevin (Voice actor)
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781494526283 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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149452628X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11232771 |
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