The coming of the frontier press : how the West was really won / Barbara Cloud ; foreword by Alan K. Simpson.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Visions of the American press.
Main Author: Cloud, Barbara Lee
Other Authors: Simpson, Alan K.
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.
Series:Visions of the American press.
Subjects:
American newspapers > West (U.S.) > History.
Press > West (U.S.) > History.
Journalism > West (U.S.) > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Physical Description:xxi, 270 pages ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The West as a region
  • The mining camp press
  • The booster press
  • The press and the iron horse
  • Fostering political discourse
  • Plentiful voices
  • Obliterating the frontier
  • The legacy of frontier journalism
  • The new frontier
  • Manifest destiny realized.