Quotes by : Harold Holzer

A rival editor in Philadelphia said that the spreading railroad network carried "New York everywhere"....

President-elect Lincoln to his confidants: "The people of the South do not know us. They are not allowed....

John Hay calls the telegraph reporter, "the natural enemy of the scribe.

Lincoln bought a German language newspaper.

The author describes Lincoln's attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, "almost defiant....

Samuel FB Morse's SECOND question over the telegraph was, "Have you any news?

The infant New York Times boasted that no newspaper printing what was really worth reading ever perished....

The author observers that better technology actually increased division because rival outlets funded....

At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out....

Looking to advance in journalism, one future editor displayed skilled as varied as economic analysis....