Porcupine, Picayune, & Post
Subtitle: How Newspapers Get Their Names
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: August 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780826217486
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Press & journalism; Reference works; Social history; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; USA; Journalism; Nonfiction / General; Great Britain; Titles of newspapers; United States
Description: "Porcupine, Picayune, & Post examines the history and etymology of newspapers' names. Bernhard focuses on printed general-interest English-language dailies and weeklies, from the Choteau (Montana) Acantha to the Moab (Utah) Zephyr, with everything in between"--Provided by publisher.