COM JO 357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gay Talese, William Jennings Bryan, Ernie Pyle
8 May 2019
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Horace greely - democracy is for the masses, swore to fight for the abolition of slavery, got lincoln in the white house. Matthew brady - we wouldn"t have a visual record of that time. Nellie bly - went around the world, infiltrated the asylum. Neil sheehan - new york times reporter, spearheaded the pentagon papers. Anonymous literature - editors employed people who were traveling west to write for them, letters that they would publish. Chatty letters about what was going on, what the new country was like. David crockett - he wrote a syndicated column about his adventures. Mark twain - no more american voice of that century than mark twain. Began life as a simple kid in missouri, grew up to be one of the first american voices in literature. H. l mencken - from baltimore, known as the sage of baltimore, most famous photo of him was during the end of prohibition.
