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Category : Eulogies
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
George W. Croft
Author: Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Franklin County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Deadly Censorship
Author: James Lowell UnderwoodPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611173000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The definitive story of a South Carolina newspaper editor’s murder at the hands of a 1902 gubernatorial candidate, and the dramatic trial that ensued. On January 15, 1903, South Carolina lieutenant governor James H. Tillman shot and killed Narciso G. Gonzales, editor of South Carolina’s most powerful newspaper, the State. Blaming Gonzales’s stinging editorials for his loss of the 1902 gubernatorial race, Tillman shot Gonzales to avenge the defeat and redeem his “honor” and his reputation as a man who took bold, masculine action in the face of an insult. James Lowell Underwood investigates the epic murder trial of Tillman to test whether biting editorials were a legitimate exercise of freedom of the press or an abuse that justified killing when camouflaged as self-defense. This clash—between the revered values of respect for human life and freedom of expression on the one hand and deeply engrained ideas about honor on the other—took place amid legal maneuvering and political posturing worthy of a major motion picture. One of the most innovative elements of Deadly Censorship is Underwood’s examination of homicide as a deterrent to public censure. He asks the question, “Can a man get away with murdering a political opponent?” Deadly Censorship is courtroom drama and a true story. Underwood offers a painstaking re-creation of an act of violence in front of the State House, the subsequent trial, and Tillman’s acquittal, which sent shock waves across the United States. A specialist on constitutional law, Underwood has written the definitive examination of the court proceedings, the state’s complicated homicide laws, and the violent cult of personal honor that had undergirded South Carolina society since the colonial era. “Since the 1920s, the United States has had dozens of sensational trials—all of which have been labeled “the trial of the century.” There is no question had the trial of Lieutenant Governor James Tillman for the murder of N. G. Gonzales, the editor of the State newspaper, occurred in our time that it would have had the same appellation. . . . Riveting . . . as gripping as any contemporary courtroom drama.” —Walter Edgar, author of South Carolina: A History “An insightful and in-depth look at the assassination of Columbia newspaper editor N.G. Gonzales by South Carolina Lt. Gov. James H. Tillman in 1903. Jim Underwood’s carefully researched work not only reports on the killing and ensuing trial, it explains the forces that created a society where it was acceptable to kill a man to silence his pen.” —Jay Bender, Reid H. Montgomery Freedom of Information Chair, University of South Carolina “Finally, Jim Underwood has unraveled the killing, the murder trial, and the aftermath, and through his narrative tells a story of unfettered freedom of the press versus hot-bloodied Southern manhood honor. Without question, Deadly Censorship is a remarkable, eloquent, and important book.” —W. Lewis Burke, Director of Clinical Legal Studies, School of Law, University of South Carolina
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2072
Book Description
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 1986
Book Description
Biographical Directory of the American Congress. 1774-1927
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1762
Book Description
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
House documents
Author: Miscellaneous Documents
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British Museum. Dept. of ManuscriptsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description