Lincoln's Wrath: Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission to Destroy the Press

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Jeffrey Manber Neil Dahlstrom

Lincoln's Wrath

Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission to Destroy the Press

Jeffrey Manber, Neil Dahlstrom, Manber , Dahlstrom

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Sourcebooks, Inc
01 November 2006

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Press & journalism

"In the blistering summer of 1861, President Lincoln began pressuring and ordering the physical shutdown of any Northern newspaper that voiced opposition to the war. These attacks were sometimes carried out by soldiers, sometimes by angry mobs under cover of darkness. Either way, the effect was a complete dismantling of the free press.

In the midst stood publisher John Hodgson, an angry bigot so hated that a local newspaper gleefully reported his defeat in a bar fight. He was also firmly against Lincoln and the war--an opinion he expressed loudly through his newspaper.

When his press was destroyed, first by a mob, then by U.S. Marshals ""upon authority of the President of the United States,"" Hodgson decided to take on the entire United States. Thus began a trial in which one small-town publisher risked imprisonment or worse, and the future of free speech hung in the balance.

Based on 10 years of original research, Lincoln's Wrath brings to life one of the most gripping, dramatic and unknown stories of U.S. history."

By: Jeffrey Manber, Neil Dahlstrom, Manber, Dahlstrom
Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 64mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781402207556
ISBN 10: 1402207557
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 November 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: The Newspaper President Chapter 2: That Tory Hodgson Chapter 3: Strange Bedfellows Between Newspaper Sheets Chapter 4: Loyalty at Any Cost Chapter 5: Summer of Rage Chapter 6: The Jeffersonian Is Mobbed Chapter 7: The Cost of Their Convictions Chapter 8: Hodgson vs. the Government Chapter 9: The Government Conspiracy Chapter 10: Fear Chapter 11: Mere Trespassers Chapter 12: Repercussions

Jeffrey Manber has published more than 50 articles in publications such as the New York Times and has been interviewed on CNN and other networks. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Neil Dahlstrom is a noted historian and scholar and has written on many topics of nineteenth-century America, including the Civil War. He lives in Moline, Illinois.