John Peter Zenger
Zenger, John Peter - zĕngˈər, 1697–1746, American journalist, b. Germany. He emigrated to America in 1710 and was trained as a printer by William Bradford (1663–1752). Zenger began publication of the New York Weekly Journal in 1733, an opposition paper to Bradford's New York Gazette and to the policies of Gov. William Cosby. Zenger's newspaper, backed by several Read More...
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The Bill of Rights: Its Origin and Meaning (Chap. 15 "The Case of John Peter Zenger")
by Irving Brant. 567 pgs.
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American Political Trials (Chap. 2 "Politics, the Press, and the Law: The Trial of John Peter Zenger")
by Michal R. Belknap. 323 pgs.
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By These Words: Great Documents of American Liberty, Selected and Placed in Their Contemporary Settings ("Peter Zenger Fights for Freedom of the Press" begins on p. 22)
by Paul M. Angle, Edward A. Wilson. 434 pgs.
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Historic U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia Vol. 2 ("Myth and Reality: The Case of John Peter Zenger" begins on p. 897)
by John W. Johnson. 1089 pgs.
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Revisionary Interventions into the Americanist Canon ("New York and the Zenger Case" begins on p. 53)
by Donald E. Pease. 344 pgs.
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The Early American Press, 1690-1783 (Information on John Peter Zenger in (Chap. 3 "Freedom of the Press, 1638-1735")
by William David Sloan, Julie Hedgepeth Williams. 238 pgs.
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Legacy of Suppression: Freedom of Speech and Press in Early American History (Chap. Four "From the Zenger Case to the American Revolution")
by Leonard Williams Levy. 358 pgs.
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