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Blue & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers in the Civil War
Blue Gray in Black White Newspapers in the Civil War Author:Brayton Harris Blue & Gray in Black & White is an exploration of the individual and collective efforts of newspaper journalists during the Civil War. As eyewitnesses to one of the most memorable conflicts in history, they left a record that us sometimes brilliant but, at other times, marred by shoddy journalism, sensationalism, and self-servin... more »g reporting. They were, however, the American public's primary source of information about the battles that were tearing the nation apart.
This book focuses on the personalities, politics, and rivalries of editors; the efforts of newspapers to influence military appointments, strategy, and tactics; advances in printing technology; formal and informal censorship, the suppression of dissident newspapers, and, most of all, the war correspondents themselves.« less