Lincoln's wrath
Subtitle: fierce mobs, brilliant scoundrels and a president's mission to destroy the press
By: Jeffrey Manber and Neil Dahlstrom.
Contributors: Dahlstrom, Neil, 1976-
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Relations with journalists; Hodgson, John, -- fl. 1843-1863; Jeffersonian (West Chester, Pa. : 1855); Freedom of the press -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Censorship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fire in the North; title: The newspaper president; title: That tory Hodgson; title: Publishing and politics; title: The first battleground; title: The loyal opposition; title: Summer of rage; title: The Jeffersonian is mobbed; title: Suffering for liberties; title: A true account of the United States of America vs. the Jeffersonian Newspaper; title: The cost of their convictions; title: Have we a government?; title: The government conspiracy; title: Hodgson vs. the United States of America; title: Mere trespassers; title: Repercussions.