Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions History of Ft Wayne J-G

 Book Description/Condition
 

• Title:   Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions, A History of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Author:  Scott M. Bushnell;  appears to be signed on title page, but may be printed signature.
• Binding:  Hardcover
• Publisher:  Indiana University Press
• Publication Date:  2007
• Size:  9.50 x 6.38 x 0.82
• Book Condition:  VG+.   Light blue cloth.   Binding is tight, pages clean and unmarked.  Illustrated.
• Dust Jacket:  VG+.  Rubbing to rear panel, small indentation with slight transfer to rear board.
   

Additional Information:

Through the story of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Scott M. Bushnell presents the political history of Fort Wayne, Allen County, and Indiana’s northeastern region. With an informal tone and the snappy style of a seasoned journalist, Bushnell explores just how integrally newspapers were linked to, and even shaped, political events. Founded in 1863, the FWJG quickly demonstrated that it would take bold stands on volatile political issues of the day by endorsing Lincoln’s appeal for more troops. The bickering that occurred daily between the liberal FWJG and its right-wing competitor, the News-Sentinel, during the 1930s and 1940s reflected the divided sentiments of the nation concern­ing such issues as the New Deal, Hoosier Wendell Willkie’s bid for the presidency, and Lindbergh’s “America First” campaign. In subsequent decades the newspaper plunged into the fray on the influence of the Ku Klux Klan, the rise of Nazism, the Vietnam War, and abortion.

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