Midwestern Press in the Crucible of the American Civil War

Debra Reddin van Tuyll is Professor Emerita at Augusta University Press. She is the author of nine books, most of which deal with the Civil War-era press. Her co-edited work, Knights of the Quill: Confederate Correspondents and Their Civil War Reporting, was a finalist for the 2011 Tankard Award for the Best Book in Journalism, and she was the 2019 winner of the Kobre Award for lifetime achievement in journalism history.Mary M. Cronin is a Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at New Mexico State University. She is the author of five other books, most of which examine nineteenth-century press issues.

• Debra Reddin van Tuyll/Mary M. Cronin: Introduction – Debra Reddin van Tuyll: The Midwestern Community of Newspapers – Mary M. Cronin: "Reports Deemed Reliable": Newsgathering, Distribution, and Audiences – Katrina J. Quinn: Worthy of the City and Age in Which We Live: Roles and Functions of the Midwestern Civil War Press – Michael Fuhlhage: Politics, Partisanship, and the Midwestern Press – David W. Bulla: Lincoln Rising: Press Coverage of a Political Dark Horse – David W. Bulla: Loyalty, Dissent, and Press Freedom in the Midwestern Press – James M. Scythes: Covering the War: The Midwestern Press During the Civil War – Simon Vodrey: Viewing the American Civil War’s Home Front Through Midwestern Eyes – Melita M. Garza: "How Shall the History of the Recent War Be Written?": The End of the War in the Midwestern Newspapers – Debra Reddin van Tuyll/ Mary M. Cronin: Epilogue – Contributors – Index.