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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
Mail
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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