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9781402207556
In 1861, President Lincoln began ordering any Northern newspaper that voiced opposition to the war shut down. After his press was destroyed, John Hodgson went to court, launching a trial in which the small-town publisher risked imprisonment or worse, and the future of free speech hung in the balance.Manber, Jeffrey is the author of 'Lincoln's Wrath Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission to Destroy the Press', published 2006 under ISBN 9781402207556 and ISBN 1402207557.
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