Andie Tucher: 1 book
Froth and Scum
Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and the Ax Murder in America's First Mass Medium
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Two notorious antebellum New York murder cases--a prostitute slashed in an elegant brothel and a tradesman bludgeoned by the brother of inventor Samuel Colt--set off journalistic scrambles over the meanings of truth, objectivity, and the duty of the press that reverberate to this day. In 1833 an entirely...
