War with Mexico!
Subtitle: America's reporters cover the battlefront
By: Tom Reilly ; edited by Manley Witten
Contributors: Witten, Manley
Series: Modern war studies; Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780700617401
Subjects: War correspondents; Press coverage; Journalism; History; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Journalists
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The war press of New Orleans; title: The corps of scribendi; title: "Mr. Kendall of the Picayune"; title: Pardon Jones goes to war; title: Meeting the demand; title: Battle of Monterrey; title: The "Americanization" of Tampico; title: Buena Vista-"carpe diem"; title: Siege at Veracruz; title: Jane McManus Storms; title: "I am requested by the president; title: "; title: Battle of Cerro Gordo; title: "Mustang" of the Delta; title: The northern occupation; title: Contreras and Churubusco; title: Disaster at Molino del Rey; title: The halls of Montezuma; title: Backlash; title: The Yankee press in Mexico City; title: "First impressions" : Gideon Pillow and the American press in Mexico; title: Stereotypes; title: Mustang delivers the treaty; title: Withdrawal pains; title: The last story.