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An outstanding book. -- American Journalism Timely...well-written and thoroughly researched. -- James Srodes - Washington Times Comprehensive. -- Richard Tofel - ProPublica Lively, detailed...the most thoughtful, comprehensive and well-researched study of the 1735 criminal trial in New York City of newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger on charges of seditious libel. -- M. Kelly Tillery - The Philadelphia Lawyer Thoroughly engaging...packed with drama...[I]t stands as a cautionary tale of what might happen if we let history repeat itself. -- Amy Brady - Los Angeles Review of Books We've heard of the Salem witch trials. This is the trial from the 1700s you have not heard about. Mega-trial. Think Hamilton meets John Grisham. We have a 1st amendment and we got into the American Revolution because of the explosive things that happened in this book. -- Brad Thor - The Today Show Indelible Ink is a triumph...a new and very compelling take on the Zenger case. I found myself glued to Kluger's book and much in agreement with his findings, and he has written it all wonderfully well. -- Stanley N. Katz, author of Newcastle's New York: Anglo-American Politics, 1723-53 and director of Princeton University's Center for Art and Cultural Studies Beneath WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, beneath the whole modern concept of a free press, lies the trial of a German-American printer in colonial New York. Richard Kluger's account of the Zenger trial is thoughtful, scrupulously detailed, and utterly relevant. -- Russell Shorto, author of Revolution Song

[Kluger] brings...vivid storytelling built on exacting research, a knack for animating the context and an exquisite sense of balance that honors this country's essential press freedom without romanticizing its champions. -- Bill Keller - The New York Times Book Review Vivid and brisk...Kluger's summaries of the Journal's most satirical passages are great fun to read...Fascinating, too, is Kluger's analysis of the rhetorical strategies employed by Morris and Alexander in the Journal. -- The Los Angeles Review of Books What is so timely about this well-written and thoroughly researched book is its reminder that no civil right extended to the American people is set in stone or inviolable. -- James Srodes - Washington Times Celebrates the power of free expression...a comprehensive tribute to Zenger's legal battle against censorship and reprisal. -- Starred Review - Publishers Weekly We've heard of the Salem witch trials. This is the trial from the 1700s you have not heard about. Mega-trial. Think Hamilton meets John Grisham. We have a 1st amendment and we got into the American Revolution because of the explosive things that happened in this book. -- Brad Thor - The Today Show Event by compelling event, readers follow Zenger through the drama that eventually landed him in jail on libel charges-before a liberty-loving jury freed him with a 1735 verdict signaling a clear American commitment to the unfettered reporting that can check abuse of power. The much-needed prologue to today's headlines. -- Starred Review - Booklist Kluger raises important questions still resonating today...This thought-provoking account deserves to be read by everyone. -- Starred Review - Library Journal Enlightening and frightening... A book of American history for all, but lawyers and journalists will especially appreciate it. -- Kirkus Reviews Beneath WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, beneath the whole modern concept of a free press, lies the trial of a German-American printer in colonial New York. Richard Kluger's account of the Zenger trial is thoughtful, scrupulously detailed, and utterly relevant. -- Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World Indelible Ink is a triumph...a new and very compelling take on the Zenger case. I found myself glued to Kluger's book and much in agreement with his findings, and he has written it all wonderfully well. -- Stanley N. Katz, author of Newcastle's New York: Anglo-American Politics, 1723-53 and director of Princeton University's Center for Art and Cultural Studies

""Beneath WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, beneath the whole modern concept of a free press, lies the trial of a German-American printer in colonial New York. Richard Kluger’s account of the Zenger trial is thoughtful, scrupulously detailed, and utterly relevant."" -- Russell Shorto, author of Revolution Song ""Indelible Ink is a triumph…a new and very compelling take on the Zenger case. I found myself glued to Kluger’s book and much in agreement with his findings, and he has written it all wonderfully well."" -- Stanley N. Katz, author of Newcastle’s New York: Anglo-American Politics, 1723–53 and director of Princeton University’s Center for Art and Cultural Studies ""We’ve heard of the Salem witch trials. This is the trial from the 1700s you have not heard about. Mega-trial. Think Hamilton meets John Grisham. We have a 1st amendment and we got into the American Revolution because of the explosive things that happened in this book."" -- Brad Thor - The Today Show ""Thoroughly engaging…packed with drama…[I]t stands as a cautionary tale of what might happen if we let history repeat itself."" -- Amy Brady - Los Angeles Review of Books ""Lively, detailed…the most thoughtful, comprehensive and well-researched study of the 1735 criminal trial in New York City of newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger on charges of seditious libel."" -- M. Kelly Tillery - The Philadelphia Lawyer ""Comprehensive."" -- Richard Tofel - ProPublica ""Timely…well-written and thoroughly researched."" -- James Srodes - Washington Times ""An outstanding book."" -- American Journalism

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Richard Kluger won the Pulitzer Prize for Ashes to Ashes, a searing history of the cigarette industry, and was a two-time National Book Award finalist (for Simple Justice and The Paper). He lives in Berkeley, California.

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