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The Moving Appeal: Mr. McClanahan, Mrs. Dill, and the Civil War's Great Newspaper Run

by B. G. Ellis

The Moving Appeal: Mr. McClanahan, Mrs. Dill, and the Civil War's Great Newspaper Run Cover

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Publisher Comments:

The Memphis Daily Appeal rallied civilians and soldiers in the Deep South from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, thanks to its doughty owner John Reid McClanahan and scheming staffers Carolina Dill and Benjamin F. Dill. Their scrappy backgrounds enabled them to exasperate and outwit generals Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and James H. Wilson who chased them across four states, yet never could silence the "Voice of the Confederacy." That took McClanahan's post-war murder and Dill's immediate and mysterious death — and Mrs. Dill's stealing the paper and its profits.<P>Gypsying around five towns — Memphis, Tennessee; Grenada and Jackson in Mississippi; Atlanta; and finally Montgomery, Alabama — the national paper had several affectionate nicknames, among them "The Moving Appeal, " "The Greatest Rebel of Them All, " The Bible of the Confederacy, " and "Old Reliable." Yankee officers labeled it either "that damned Rebel rag, " or "hornet's nest of the Rebellion." But they and their men still read it avidly because it was a far superior news product than officer' announcements, out-of-date and biased Norther publications, or camp newspaper accounts about what was happening at home, on battlefields, and in the hostile countryside they occupied.

Book News Annotation:

Ellis relates the story of the Memphis Daily Appeal, the mobile newspaper that rallied Southern civilians and soldiers during the Civil War, and eluded capture by Yankee generals who chased the portable printing operation across four states. The study also serves as a biography of the newspaper's owner John Reid McClanahan and staff members America Carolina Dill and Benjamin Franklin Dill. The book was nominated for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in History. Ellis is a specialist in Confederate journalism, and a former journalism professor from McNeese State U. and Oregon State U. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [608]-633) and index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780865547643
Subtitle:
Mr. McClanahan, Mrs. Dill, and the Civil War's Great Newspaper Run
Author:
Ellis, B. G.
Author:
Ellis, Barbara G.
Publisher:
Mercer University Press
Location:
Macon
Subject:
General
Subject:
United States - Civil War
Subject:
Journalism
Subject:
Mass Media - Newspapers
Subject:
McClanahan, John Reid
Subject:
Dill, America Carolina
Subject:
Memphis daily appeal
Subject:
Media Studies - Print Media
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
v. 5
Publication Date:
February 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
672
Dimensions:
10.26x7.30x2.06 in. 3.76 lbs.

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