The American newspaper columnist

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The American newspaper columnist

Sam G. Riley

Praeger, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-228) and index

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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 the Civil War era to the present. In total, 780 columnists and their work are examined chronologically-according to when their columns first appeared-within several categories: early (1800s), humor, column poets, syndicated political, other syndicated, local, and minority.

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Preface Beginnings: Columnists of the 1800s Humor Columnists Column Poets The Pundits: America's Syndicated Political Columnists Other Syndicated Columnists Local Columnists Minority Columnists: Critical Mass at Last Selected Bibliography Index

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