Indelible ink : the trials of John Peter Zenger and the birth of America's free press /
In 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 g...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
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Z232.Z5 .K58 2016
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