Suspense novelist T.J. MacGregor’s essay on Ed Gorman. Part of a larger tribute to mystery novelist and Mystery Scene’s original founder and publisher, Ed Gorman.

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The message sent from the Cabinet Council of September 8th was evidently the precursor either of peace or of war. The cloud must burst or blow over. As the nation waited in hushed expectancy for a reply it spent some portion of its time in examining and speculating upon those military preparations which might be needed. The War Office had for some months been arranging for every contingency, and had made certain disposition.—————————————————————–** Check Out More Great Titles From Penny Books **—————————————————————–Simply click on “Penny Books (Editor)” under the title to see a full list of all of our great discounted books!!New titles are being added daily, so be sure to check back often to find more great discounted books!!**Check out PennyBooksPublishing.com to get more information about Penny Books, learn how to follow us on Twitter, and look at all of our great titles!!

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Biographical profile of James Gordon Bennett, Sr. one of America’s most colorful newspaper pioneers. In 1835, he launched the New York Herald, a penny paper of four four-column pages. He began on the road to riches with an investment of $500 and rented an office in a Wall St. cellar, yet in less than a year his daily circulation topped 15,000. Bennett employed many innovations we take for granted today and made the paper a landmark in the history of American journalism. He was politically nondenominational, criticizing all political parties with equal venom. He established new fields of news, including Wall St. finance and a society section. Bennett was also among the first to use European correspondents, telegraphy for the news, illustrations. and to report sensational murder trials. Bennett gained substantial recognition for his efforts to report the Civil War, sending more than 60 correspondents to the various fronts and spending half a million dollars to cover the (more…)

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Suspense novelist T.J. MacGregor’s essay on Ed Gorman. Part of a larger tribute to mystery novelist and Mystery Scene’s original founder and publisher, Ed Gorman.

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