Press gallery : Congress and the Washington correspondents / Donald A. Ritchie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritchie, Donald A., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Reporters and reporting--History.

United States.

Journalists--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Journalists.

Press and politics--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Press and politics.

Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government.

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages ) : ill., facsims., ports.

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Press Gallery' examines the lives of Greeley, Horace White, Ben"" Perley Poore, Emily Briggs, Jane Grey Swisshelm, James G. Blaine, and others who were positioned in the hub of government when the Civil War, the purchase of Alaska, the Credit Mobilier scandal, and the Johnson impeachment hearings were making front-page news.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

1 Gales and Seaton

2 Horace Greeley;'s Washington Correspondents

3 Horace White Speculates on the War

4 Ben: Perley Poore and the Bohemian Brigade

5 Uriah Hunt Painter, Lobbyist

6 General Boynton Makes Peace

7 James G. Blaine, Journalist and Politician

8 Emily Briggs and the Women Correspondents

9 The Senate Fires James Rankin Young

10 David Barry and the Loyalty of the Senate

11 Richard V. Oulahan, Bureau Chief

Afterword

Notes

Bibliographical Essay

Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p277-283. - Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.

ISBN:

9780674042780

0674042786

OCLC:

923110222