The Evening Post
- Subtitle
- A Century of Journalism
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1. THE EVENING POST2. PREFACE3. ILLUSTRATIONS4. CHAPTER ONE HAMILTON AND THE FOUNDING OF THE “EVENING POST”5. CHAPTER TWO THE EVENING POST AS LEADER OF THE FEDERALIST PRESS6. CHAPTER THREE THE CITY AND THE “EVENING POST’S” PLACE IN IT7. CHAPTER FOUR LITERATURE AND DRAMA IN THE EARLY “EVENING POST”8. CHAPTER FIVE BRYANT BECOMES EDITOR OF THE “EVENING POST”9. CHAPTER SIX WILLIAM LEGGETT ACTING EDITOR; DEPRESSION, RIVALRY, AND THREATENED RUIN10. CHAPTER SEVEN THE RISE OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION; THE MEXICAN WAR11. CHAPTER EIGHT NEW YORK BECOMES A METROPOLIS; CENTRAL PARK12. CHAPTER NINE LITERARY ASPECTS OF BRYANT’S NEWSPAPER, 1830–185513. CHAPTER TEN JOHN BIGELOW AS AN EDITOR OF THE “EVENING POST”14. CHAPTER ELEVEN HEATED POLITICS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR15. CHAPTER TWELVE THE NEW YORK PRESS AND SOUTHERN SECESSION16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE CRITICAL DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPEACHMENT18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN BRYANT AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME AS EDITOR19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN APARTMENT HOUSES RISE AND TWEED FALLS20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS: THE ELECTIONS OF ’72 AND ’7621. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN TWO REBEL LITERARY EDITORS22. CHAPTER NINETEEN WARFARE WITHIN THE OFFICE: PARKE GODWIN’S EDITORSHIP23. CHAPTER TWENTY THE VILLARD PURCHASE: CARL SCHURZ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE GODKIN, THE MUGWUMP MOVEMENT, AND GROVER CLEVELAND’S CAREER25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO GODKIN’S WAR WITHOUT QUARTER UPON TAMMANY26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE FREE SILVER, THE SPANISH WAR, AND IMPERIALISM27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF A FIGHTING EDITOR: E. L. GODKIN28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE NEWS, LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND DRAMA, 1880–190029. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX HORACE WHITE, ROLLO OGDEN, AND THE “EVENING POST” SINCE 190030. INDEX