Embattled Editor

Stephen G. Weisner is Associate Professor of Social Science at Springfield Technical College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The main contribution of this brief study is that in a series of swift, deft strokes, it paints a clear picture of the life and times of an influential newspaper editor. Journal of the Early Republic ...Samuel Bowles transformed the Springfield Republican from a provincial paper to one whose editorials wielded power nationally. Upon Bowles's death, Horace Greeley lauded the paper as 'the best and ablest country journal ever published on thiscontinent.' In such a vein, Stephen Weisner has written this excellent biography of Samuel G. Bowles. Weisner analytically examines Bowles's prejudices and his use of the patronage system for his family, even when his paper wholeheartedly condemned it. Replete with copious footnotes... Best Sellers Documentation is good...Research libraries should acquire it. CHOICE Documentation is good...Research libraries should acquire it. CHOICE The main contribution of this brief study is that in a series of swift, deft strokes, it paints a clear picture of the life and times of an influential newspaper editor. Journal of the Early Republic ...Samuel Bowles transformed the Springfield Republican from a provincial paper to one whose editorials wielded power nationally. Upon Bowles's death, Horace Greeley lauded the paper as 'the best and ablest country journal ever published on this continent.' In such a vein, Stephen Weisner has written this excellent biography of Samuel G. Bowles. Weisner analytically examines Bowles's prejudices and his use of the patronage system for his family, even when his paper wholeheartedly condemned it. Replete with copious footnotes... Best Sellers