Fighting for the News: The Adventures of the First War Correspondents from Bonaparte to the Boers

by Brian Best

It is now two centuries since a newspaper conceived the idea of sending a reporter overseas to observe, gather information and write about war.

With no experience to draw upon, both newspaper and correspondent gradually worked out a procedure that has evolved into today's incredibly sophisticated and unrecognizable form.

The first special correspondent employed by a newspaper to gather information about a current war was Henry Crabb...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848324375
• ISBN13: 9781848324374
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"