Mobtown Massacre: Alexander Hanson and the Baltimore Newspaper War of 1812
Josh S. Cutler$21.24
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With a bitterly divided nation plunged into the War of 1812, a fiery young Federalist editor named Alexander Hanson risked his life to defend a newspaper that dared express unpopular views.
His words provoked a violent standoff that crippled the city of Baltimore and left Hanson beaten within an inch of his life. This little-known episode in American history - complete with a midnight jailbreak, bloodthirsty mobs and unspeakable acts of torture - helped shape the course of war, the Federalist Party and the nation's very notion of the freedom of the press. Josh Cutler's history of the Mobtown Massacre offers a lesson in liberty that reverberates today.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 02/18/2019
ISBN: 9781467142274
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d