Porcupine, Picayune, & Post how newspapers get their names

Summary: "Porcupine, Picayune, & Post examines the history and etymology of newspapers' names. Bernhard focuses on printed general-interest English-language dailies and weeklies, from the Choteau (Montana) Acantha to the Moab (Utah) Zephyr, with everything in between"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0826217486 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780826217486 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0826266010 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780826266019 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 216 p.)
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electronic resource
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	What's in a name? -- In the beginning -- Rule, Britannia! -- You've got mail -- Gray ladies no more -- "Print the news and raise hell" -- Party time -- Sound the alarm -- Let there be light -- "Advertisements--the life of a paper" -- Flora and Fauna -- Myth-ellaneous -- The wheel and other inventions -- Location, location, location -- Oddities -- The Brute, the beast, and other figments -- All in fun -- So sue me.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.