{"product_id":"editors-make-war","title":"Editors Make War: Southern Newspapers in the Secession Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn early 1860 most Southern newspapers promoted Unionist sentiments for peace, but by 1861 they advocated secession and disunion, often calling for bloodshed. Using the editorials published in 196 newspapers during that pivotal year before the outbreak of the Civil War, Donald E. Reynolds shows the evolution of the editorsâ viewpoints and explains how editors helped influence the traditionally conservative and nationalistic South to revolt and secede.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEditors Make War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first complete study of how Southern newspapers influenced the secession crisis in 1860, effectively outlining how editors played on their readersâ racial fears and distrust of the North. Showing how newspaper coverage can affect its readers, this classic study illuminates such events as the nominating conventions, fires in Texas that were blamed on slaves and abolitionists, state elections in the North, Lincolnâ s presidential victory, failed attempts at compromise, the secession of the lower Southern states, the attack at Fort Sumter, and the Federal call for troops in April 1861.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47478479913200,"sku":"393987","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/Screenshot2025-04-24at12.22.34PM.png?v=1745515360","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/editors-make-war","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}