Porcupine, Picayune, & Post : how newspapers get their names /

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"Porcupine, Picayune, & Post examines the history and etymology of newspapers' names. Bernhard focuses on printed general-interest English-language dailies and weeklies, from the Choteau (Montana) Acantha to the Moab (Utah) Zephyr, with everything in between"--Provided by publishe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bernhard, Jim
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Titles of newspapers > United States.
Titles of newspapers > Great Britain.
Titres de journaux > États-Unis.
Titres de journaux > Grande-Bretagne.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Titles of newspapers
Great Britain
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What's in a name?
  • In the beginning
  • Rule, Britannia!
  • You've got mail
  • Gray ladies no more
  • "Print the news and raise hell"
  • Party time
  • Sound the alarm
  • Let there be light
  • "Advertisements--the life of a paper"
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Myth-ellaneous
  • The wheel and other inventions
  • Location, location, location
  • Oddities
  • The Brute, the beast, and other figments
  • All in fun
  • So sue me.

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