Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press

by Richard Kluger

Book Overview

In 1735, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal. The newspaper was assailed by the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant, and as being a direct challenge against the prevailing law that criminalized any criticism of the royal government. Zenger was thrown in jail for nine months before his landmark one-day trial on August 4, 1735, in which he was brilliantly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393354857
• ISBN13: 9780393354850
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.0"