Minnesota Rag
Published on 6. March 2013
256 pages
978-0-307-82799-9 (ISBN)
Description
Minnesota Rag takes the reader on a tour of the underside of a dark period in Minnesota's past, one filled with crooked public officials, vengeful gangsters, and yellow journalists. Featuring notorious characters such as Jay M. Near, racist and antilabor publisher of Minneapolis's Saturday Press, pioneering newsman Fred W. Friendly weaves the tale of a court case that molded our understanding of freedom of the press and set a precedent for the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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Fred W. Friendly
Minnesota Rag
The Dramatic Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Case That Gave New Meaning to Freedom of the Press
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08/1982
Vintage Books
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Fred W. Friendly
Minnesota Rag
The Dramatic Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Case That Gave New Meaning to Freedom of the Press
Book
01/1981
Random House (NY)
€31.92
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chapter 1: The Trail from Rip-saw
- Chapter 2: The Issue of October 25
- Chapter 3: The Birth of Another Rag
- Chapter 4: Gagging "A Malicious, Scandalous and Defamatory Newspaper"
- Chapter 5: Rogues and Prophets under Siege
- Chapter 6: The Daddy Warbucks of the First Amendment
- Chapter 7: Grumbling in the Ranks
- Chapter 8: Death Holds Two Wild-Card Seats on the Supreme Court
- Chapter 9: Argument Day in the Supreme Court
- Chapter 10: The Barest of Margins
- Chapter 11: Judgment Day
- Chapter 12: The Forgotten Champion
- Epilogue: From the Saturday Press to the New York Times
- Photo Inserts
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Select Bibliography
- Source Notes
- J. M. Near v. State of Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
