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Crying the news : a history of America's newsboys Vincent DiGirolamo
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HD 8039 .N422 U637 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DiGirolamo, Vincent, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paperboys--United States--History.
- Paperboys.
- Poor children--United States--History.
- Poor children.
- Child labor--United States--History.
- Child labor.
- Newspaper carriers--United States--History.
- Newspaper carriers.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 698 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Introduction: echoes down the alleys of history
- Part one: Children of the penny, 1833-1865
- Rising with the sun
- Voice of young America
- Johnny morrow and the dangerous classes
- Battle cries
- Part two: Children of the breach, 1866-1899
- Disorder in the air
- Riding the wanderlust express
- Rumblings in the west
- Press philanthropy and the politics of want
- Yelling the yellows
- Part three: Children of the state, 1900-1940
- Bitter cry of progress
- Sidewalks of struggle
- Call to service
- Roar of the tabloids
- Son of the forgotten man
- Conclusion: the thump on lost porches.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-673) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Credit Line: Photograph. Newsboys selling the Atlantis newspaper. Atlantis newspaper [PG128]. Page 379.
- HSP Credit Line: Photograph. William Winner's painting 'Newsboy.' 1865. Nicholas Biddle Wainwright papers [3001]. Page 138.
- ISBN:
- 9780195320251
- 0195320255
- 0199717729
- 9780199717729
- OCLC:
- 1051777704
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