The American Newspaper Columnist

by Sam Riley

The figure of the newspaper columnist, which emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century, plays a key role in modern newspapers. Columnists nowadays add a decidedly personal touch to the newspapers in which they appear--an important consideration in an increasingly impersonal, corporate, no-nonsense medium. This volume provides the most complete look available at the emergence of the columnist and at who the leading columnists have been from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275958671
• ISBN13: 9780275958671
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"