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Porcupine, Picayune, & Post : how newspapers get their names / Jim Bernhard.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernhard, Jim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Titles of newspapers--United States.
- Titles of newspapers.
- Titles of newspapers--Great Britain.
- Great Britain.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Porcupine, Picayune, and Post
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- "Porcupine, Picayune, & Post examines the history and etymology of newspapers' names. Bernhard focuses on printed general-interest English-language dailies and weeklies, from the Choteau (Montana) Acantha to the Moab (Utah) Zephyr, with everything in between"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 What's in a Name? 1
- 2 In the Beginning 7
- Journal
- Courant
- Courier
- Mercury
- Gazette
- News
- 3 Rule, Britannia! 20
- Intelligencer
- Observer
- Examiner
- Inquirer/Enquirer
- Guardian
- 4 You've Got Mail 28
- Post
- Packet
- Dispatch
- Herald
- Messenger
- Telegraph Telegram
- Express
- Clipper
- 5 Gray Ladies No More 37
- Times
- Tidings
- Register
- Chronicle
- Record Recorder
- Transcript
- Truth
- Item
- Bulletin
- Ledger
- Repository
- 6 "Print the News and Raise Hell" 47
- Press
- Free Press
- Plain Dealer
- Champion
- Advocate
- Leader
- Statesman
- Chief
- Chieftain
- Pioneer
- Vanguard
- Advance
- Tribune
- Citizen
- Patriot
- Minuteman
- Blade
- Scimitar
- Vindicator
- Standard
- Banner
- 7 Party Time 62
- Democrat
- Republican
- Republic
- Whig
- Tory
- Union
- Constitution
- Commonwealth
- Independent
- Impartial Reporter
- 8 Sound the Alarm 72
- Sentinel
- Monitor
- Watch
- Town Crier
- Signal
- Voice
- Call
- Alert
- Clarion
- Bugle
- 9 Let There Be Light 81
- Light
- Star
- Sun
- Aurora
- Comet
- Meteor
- Globe
- World
- Planet
- Orrery
- Beacon
- Pharos
- Headlight
- Searchlight
- Spotlight
- Flare
- Mirror
- Reflector
- 10 "Advertisements-The Life of a Paper" 93
- Advertiser
- Enterprise
- Commercial
- Exchange
- Bonanza
- Budget
- Budgeteer
- Cash-Book
- Drummer
- Pennysaver
- Trader
- 11 Flora and Fauna 102
- Acantha
- Leaf
- Leaves
- Pine Cone
- Beaver
- Bee
- Wasp
- Mosquito
- Cricket
- Beetle
- Coyote
- Eagle
- Grizzly
- Hippo
- Rhino
- Pacer
- Porcupine
- Roadrunner
- 12 Myth-ellaneous 112
- Aegis
- Argus
- Atlas
- Echo
- Palladium
- Phoenix
- Zephyr
- Breeze
- 13 The Wheel and Other Inventions 118
- Anvil
- Boomerang
- Brand
- Camera
- Derrick
- Gusher
- Producer
- Dial
- Flume
- Hot Blast
- Hub
- Locomotive
- Pendulum
- Phonograph
- Reaper
- Rocket
- Shuttle
- Tomahawk
- Wheel
- 14 Location, Location, Location 129
- Ark
- Avalanche
- Cake
- Centennial
- Charter
- Coaster
- Crag and Canyon
- Crescent
- Epitaph
- Gondolier
- Gringo and Greaser
- Hillbilly
- Ileach
- Irrigator
- Nugget
- Oran
- Outpost
- Pilot
- Pinnacle
- Piper
- Pirate
- Sachem
- Vidette
- Visitor
- Wanderer
- 15 Oddities 144
- Alibi
- Almanac
- Bazoo
- Bunyip
- Cabinet
- Casket
- Chad
- Chronotype
- Eccentric
- Expositor
- Exponent
- Eye
- Hawk Eye
- Favorite
- Fishwrapper
- Handkerchief
- Hour
- Iconoclast
- Ishmaelite
- Jimplecute
- Laconic
- Optic
- Pantagraph
- Picayune
- Potpourri
- Quill
- Solid Muldoon
- Speaker
- Tab
- Topper
- Traveler
- Triplicate
- 16 The Brute, the Beast, and Other Figments 167
- Newspapers in Novels
- Movies
- Comic Strips
- Radio
- Television
- 17 All in Fun 172
- Satire
- Anagrams
- 18 So Sue Me 176
- Trademark Protection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780826217486
- 0826217486
- OCLC:
- 122701483
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