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Knights of the quill : confederate correspondents and their Civil War reporting / Patricia G. McNeely, Debra Reddin van Tuyll, Henry H. Schulte.
- Title
- Knights of the quill : confederate correspondents and their Civil War reporting / Patricia G. McNeely, Debra Reddin van Tuyll, Henry H. Schulte.
- Author
- McNeely, Patricia G., 1939-
- Publication
- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2010.
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- Description
- xiv, 729 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "Knights of the Quill offers a unique assessment of war correspondence in Southern newspapers during the American Civil War. The men and women who covered the battles and political developments for Southern newspapers were of a different breed than those who reported the war for the North. They were doctors, lawyers, teachers, editors, and businessmen, nearly all of them with college and professional degrees. Sleeping on beds of snow, dining on raw corn and burned bread, they exhibited a dedication that laid the groundwork for news gathering in the twenty-first century. Objectivity and accuracy became important news values, as shows that Southern war correspondence easily equaled in quality the work produced by reporters for Northern newspapers. With its emphasis on primary sources, the book offers an important and enduring historical perspective on the Civil War and also meets the highest standards of historical scholarship."--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Knights of the quill: the press in the crucible of war -- South Carolina. William Ashmead Courtenay: a knight on the field of honor -- Felix Gregory de Fontaine: chronicling the horrors of war -- Robert W. Gibbes: the 'mind' of the Confederacy -- Joan: a citizen journalist of the Confederacy -- Bartholomew Riordan: spying on Washington, D.C. -- Leonidas W. Spratt: preserving the legend of "Stonewall" Jackson -- Henry Timrod: reluctant correspondent who became poet laureate -- Florida. L.H. Mathews: General Bragg's nemesis -- Alabama. John Forsyth: love and hate in the strife-torn south -- Henry Hotze: propaganda voice of the Confederacy -- John H. Linebaugh: on the move for the Memphis daily appeal -- Samuel Chester Reid, Jr.: renaissance adventurer -- William Wallace Screws: "most useful citizen of his day" -- William G. Shepardson: swashbuckling newshawk on the Chesapeake -- Georgia. Peter W. Alexander: friend of the foot soldier -- James Roddy Sneed: "no greater tyranny than a muzzled press" -- John S. Thrasher: revolutionary and reformer -- Louisiana. Durant Da Ponte: through a young diarist's eyes -- Henry H. Perry: confederate apologist and reporter -- Texas. Charles Demorse: reporting from the Indian territories -- William Doran: a Texas hero takes up his pen -- James P. Douglas: fighting for the South with pen and sword -- R. R. Gilbert: a Texas humorist goes to war -- Virginia. George William Bagby, Jr.: confederate "croaker" -- James B. Sener: covering the war from his hometown -- John R. Thompson: a poet makes an impact as "Dixie" -- Virginia: "from a lady correspondent" -- Tennessee. Henry Watterson: rebel with many causes.
- ISBN
- 9781557535665
- 1557535663
- LCCN
- ^^2010006209
- OCLC
- 537308783
- SCSB-11058178
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library