Mobtown Massacre: Alexander Hanson and the Baltimore Newspaper War of 1812

Autori

• Josh S. Cutler

Parametri

• 224 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Geografia & Topografia
• Mappe e viaggi
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia del mondo
• Tema stórico

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With a bitterly divided nation plunged into the War of 1812, a fiery young Federalist editor named Alexander Hanson risked his life to defend a newspaper that dared express unpopular views.His words provoked a violent standoff that crippled the city of Baltimore and left Hanson beaten within an inch of his life. This little-known episode in American history - complete with a midnight jailbreak, bloodthirsty mobs and unspeakable acts of torture - helped shape the course of war, the Federalist Party and the nation's very notion of the freedom of the press. Josh Cutler's history of the Mobtown Massacre offers a lesson in liberty that reverberates today.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2019

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