Outrage, Passion, And Uncommon Sense

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Publisher Place: Washington
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 224 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Mining newspaper files and the deep archives and journalistic expertise of the Newseum, an interactive museum of news located in Washington, D.C., Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense examines decisive issues and events in U.S. history through the nations editorial pages. Approximately fifty editorials are reprinted here on topics ranging from suffrage and race to war and politicseven Christmaswith probing analysis by Gartner."Editorials are the soul of the newspaper," Gartner says in the books introduction. "Maybe the heart and the soul. And, on a good newspaper that knows and understands and loves its hometown, or its home country, the editorial is the heart and the soul of the town, or the nation, as well."Readers will also see a visual account of the era through two-color illustrations, showcasing editorial cartoons, photographs and typographic details from period newspapers. Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense is a vital, significant collection that portrays the undeniable influence one editorial can have on this country in some of its most difficult times.

ISBN: 9780792241973