Horace Greeley

Recollections of a Busy Life (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

Including Reminiscences of American Politics and Politicians

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this 1868 autobiography, Greeleyperhaps the most influential American journalist of the 19th centuryrecounts the events of a life filled with drama and controversy. As editor of the antislavery New York Tribune, Greeley had a pulpit from which he railed with passion and eloquence before and during the Civil War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 634
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411447233
• Artikelnr.: 50389485

Autorenporträt

February 3, 1811, saw the birth of renowned American journalist, newspaper editor, and politician Horace Greeley in Amherst, New Hampshire. He started the New York Tribune in 1841, and via it, he had a great influence on public opinion in the middle of the 19th century. Greeley utilized his position to promote workers' rights, women's suffrage, and abolitionism as well as other social reforms. Greeley's dedication to progressive causes and his candor on political matters defined his journalistic career. During the American Civil War, he was a fervent opponent of slavery and a Republican Party supporter. The impact of Horace Greeley went beyond his work as a politician and journalist. He was a prolific writer, penning several books, essays, and articles on a variety of subjects, such as travel, politics, and economics. Greeley's status as one of the most significant individuals of the 19th century is cemented by his history as a social reform advocate and a trailblazer in American journalism.