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An absorbing story of the Philadelphia Aurora, the nation's leading oppositional newspaper, in print from 1790-1800, cites how its two primary editors claimed that George Washington was a ineffectual commander-in-chief and that John Adams wanted to be King, and the fall-out that followed.
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Chronicles the birth and near-death of civil liberties in the 1790s through the writings of a leading newspaper of the period and the careers of two of its young editors, who were arrested due to their inflammatory articles against President John Adams. The bulk of the book is excerpts from newspaper articles, notices, diaries, and letters, with some explanatory text in the "voice" of one of the editors. Includes b&w illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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