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Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
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"Vivid storytelling built on exacting research." —Bill Keller, New York Times Book Review
In 1735, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal. The newspaper was assailed by the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant, and as being a direct challenge against the prevailing law that criminalized any criticism of the royal government. Zenger was thrown in jail for nine months before his landmark one-day tri...