The Resource First to fall : Elijah Lovejoy and the fight for a free press in the age of slavery, Ken Ellingwood
First to fall : Elijah Lovejoy and the fight for a free press in the age of slavery, Ken Ellingwood
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- Summary
- "The history of the fight for free press has never been more vital in our own time, when journalists are targeted as "enemies of the people." In this brilliant and rigorously researched history, award-winning journalist and author Ken Ellingwood animates the life and times of abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. First to Fall illuminates this flawed yet heroic figure who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for free press rights in a time when the First Amendment offered little protection for those who dared to critique America's "peculiar institution." Culminating in Lovejoy's dramatic clashes with the pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois--who were destroying printing press after printing press--First to Fall will bring Lovejoy, his supporters and his enemies to life during the raucous 1830s at the edge of slave country. It was a bloody period of innovation, conflict, violent politics, and painful soul-searching over pivotal issues of morality and justice."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643137025
- Label
- First to fall : Elijah Lovejoy and the fight for a free press in the age of slavery
- Title
- First to fall
- Title remainder
- Elijah Lovejoy and the fight for a free press in the age of slavery
- Statement of responsibility
- Ken Ellingwood
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The history of the fight for free press has never been more vital in our own time, when journalists are targeted as "enemies of the people." In this brilliant and rigorously researched history, award-winning journalist and author Ken Ellingwood animates the life and times of abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. First to Fall illuminates this flawed yet heroic figure who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for free press rights in a time when the First Amendment offered little protection for those who dared to critique America's "peculiar institution." Culminating in Lovejoy's dramatic clashes with the pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois--who were destroying printing press after printing press--First to Fall will bring Lovejoy, his supporters and his enemies to life during the raucous 1830s at the edge of slave country. It was a bloody period of innovation, conflict, violent politics, and painful soul-searching over pivotal issues of morality and justice."--Amazon.com
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ellingwood, Ken
- Dewey number
-
- 326.8092
- 323.445
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E449
- LC item number
- .E55 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lovejoy, Elijah P.
- Abolitionists
- Riots
- Antislavery movements
- Slavery
- Freedom of the press
- Alton (Ill.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- First to fall : Elijah Lovejoy and the fight for a free press in the age of slavery, Ken Ellingwood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-318) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643137025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1201300951
- (OCoLC)1201300951
- 2152673
- Label
- First to fall : Elijah Lovejoy and the fight for a free press in the age of slavery, Ken Ellingwood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-318) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643137025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1201300951
- (OCoLC)1201300951
- 2152673
Subject
- Antislavery movements
- Biographies
- Freedom of the press -- United States -- History
- Lovejoy, Elijah P., (Elijah Parish), 1802-1837
- Abolitionists -- Illinois -- Biography
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Riots -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century
- Alton (Ill.) -- History
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