'Infamous Scribblers. The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism' - Eric Burns

PublicAffairs Publishing 2006, hardcover, 467pp. Former library usual markings, stamps, stickers, but otherwise good, tight condition.

'The journalism of the era - with it's feuds, lies and passions - was often partisan, fabricated, overheated, scandalous, sensationalistic and sometimes stirring, brilliant and indispensable. Despite the flaws in this process, the participants publicly aired the issues that would lead America to declare its independence and, after the war, determine what sort of nation it would be.' (from the dustjacket)