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[Tucher] presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage Tucher presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage A deceptively complex book. . . . A readable, racy, and often funny study of an important aspect of antebellum social history. American Historical Review From the yellowed columns of newsprint, Ms. Tucher . . . skillfully draws a contemporary moral. New York Times Book Review A deceptively complex book. . . . A readable, racy, and often funny study of an important aspect of antebellum social history. American Historical Review This well-written book is a valuable contribution to the literature on journalism in the nineteenth century. Journal of the Early Republic From the yellowed columns of newsprint, Ms. Tucher . . . skillfully draws a contemporary moral. New York Times Book Review This is scholarship as solid as oak and history as timely as today's tabloid titillation.Bill Moyers [Tucher] presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage

[Tucher] presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage

[Tucher] presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits.<p> American Heritage

[Tucher] presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage From the yellowed columns of newsprint, Ms. Tucher . . . skillfully draws a contemporary moral. New York Times Book Review A deceptively complex book. . . . A readable, racy, and often funny study of an important aspect of antebellum social history. American Historical Review YTucher presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage A deceptively complex book. . . . A readable, racy, and often funny study of an important aspect of antebellum social history. American Historical Review [Tucher] presents the colorful story of the early penny press with all the verve, intelligence, and humor it merits. American Heritage This is scholarship as solid as oak and history as timely as today's tabloid titillation.Bill Moyers This well-written book is a valuable contribution to the literature on journalism in the nineteenth century. Journal of the Early Republic From the yellowed columns of newsprint, Ms. Tucher . . . skillfully draws a contemporary moral. New York Times Book Review

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Andie Tucher, editorial producer of The Twentieth Century documentary series at ABC News, was a Clinton campaign speechwriter. She lives in New York.

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