The Printer's Trial: The Case of John Peter Zenger and the Fight for a Free Press by Gail Jarrow

The Printer's Trial: The Case of John Peter Zenger and the Fight for a Free Press

Gail Jarrow

102 pages hardcover 2006

1 edition

informative reflective tense slow-paced
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Original documents and primary sources tell of the trial that helped establish freedom of the press in the United States. The foundation was laid on an August day in 1735 in colonial New York. In a hot, crowded courtroom, a jury found printer John...

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