The printer's apprentice
By: Stephen Krensky ; illustrated by Madeline Sorel.
Contributors: Sorel, Madeline, ill.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Zenger, John Peter, 1697-1746 -- Fiction; Apprentices -- Fiction; Freedom of speech -- Fiction; Newspapers -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 -- Juvenile fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 -- Fiction
Description: In 1735 in New York City, a young printer's apprentice learns about the importance of freedom of speech when the printer Peter Zenger is arrested and tried for writing articles criticizing the government.