Fighting Editors: The Story of Editors Who Faced Six-Shooters with Pens and Won.
by Schmitt, Jo Ann
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: light khaki colored cloth with red text on the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
San Antonio, Texas:: Naylor Company, 1958.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light khaki colored cloth with red text on the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) . Bibliography. Light gray endpapers. Description: Includes a few black and white illustrations; the artist is not credited. A collection of true accounts of frontier editors. The author uses many excerpts from contemporary newspapers to combine with her own narrative to tell the story of men who worked to ''establish law and order by focusing the light of pitiless publicity on the corrupt politician and callous killer.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061281
- Title
- Fighting Editors: The Story of Editors Who Faced Six-Shooters with Pens and Won.
- Author
- Schmitt, Jo Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: light khaki colored cloth with red text on the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Naylor Company
- Place of Publication
- San Antonio, Texas:
- Date Published
- 1958.
- Pages
- 227 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall)
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The Bookworm
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