Dear Courier: The Civil War Correspondence of Editor Melvin Dwinell

University of Tennessee Press, 2018, 338 pp., $39.95 (hardback) The journalism of the U.S. Civil War can be divided into three major components: (1) reporting on the military operations by reporters; (2) the editorial comment on both the military and political facets of the war from editors; and (3)...

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Published in:Journalism History 2019, Vol.45 (4), p.398-399
Main Author: Bulla, David W
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
American Civil War
Armed forces
Correspondence
Editors
Epistolography
Journalism
Military engagements
Military history
Military personnel
Politics
Prose
War
Writing
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Summary:University of Tennessee Press, 2018, 338 pp., $39.95 (hardback) The journalism of the U.S. Civil War can be divided into three major components: (1) reporting on the military operations by reporters; (2) the editorial comment on both the military and political facets of the war from editors; and (3) the everyday news back in the thousands of hometowns in each section of the fractured nation. The strength of the nearly two hundred letters that Risley offers here is their depiction of the everyday life of Civil War soldiers. Dwinell's letters give insight into the everyday lives of soldiers during the Civil War and show the journalist's practical, descriptive prose style.
ISSN:0094-7679
2641-2071