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050 00 $aZ232.Z5$bK58 2016
082 00 $a686.2092$aB$223
100 1 $aKluger, Richard,$eauthor.
245 10 $aIndelible ink :$bthe trials of John Peter Zenger and the birth of America's free press /$cRichard Kluger.
246 30 $aTrials of John Peter Zenger and the birth of America's free press
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2016]
264 4 $c℗♭2016
300 $axxi, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreamble: the essential liberty -- Author's note on style -- A perilous trade -- Stormy Petrel -- Power plays -- Bending the rule of law -- Battle lines -- A superlative monster arises -- An end to generous pity -- Whiffs of Torquemada -- Philadelphia lawyer -- Indelible ink -- Epilogue: the uses of whistleblowers.
520 $aIn 1733, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching the New-York Weekly Journal, which assailed the British governor as corrupt and arrogant -- a direct challenge to the prevailing law against "seditious libel", which criminalized any criticism of the government. Fronting for a group of powerful antiroyalist politicians, Zenger was jailed for nine months before his landmark trial in August 1735, when he was brilliantly defended by Philadelphia lawyer Alexander Hamilton. In this book, Richard Kluger recreates this dramatic clash that marked the birth of press freedom in America and its role in vanquishing colonial tyranny. Here is an enduring lesson that redounds to this day on the vital importance of free public expression as the underpinning of democracy. --$cfrom author's website.
600 10 $aZenger, John Peter,$d1697-1746.
600 10 $aZenger, John Peter,$d1697-1746$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aPrinters$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aFreedom of the press$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aTrials (Seditious libel)$zNew York (State)
650 0 $aPrinting$zNew York (State)$xHistory$y18th century.
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