American Datelines: More Than 150 Major News Stories from Colonial Times to the Present

by Jonathan Kotler, Ed Cray, Miles Beller

This overview of United States journalism also offers an eyewitness record of American history. The book presents 140 noteworthy stories by some of the country's leading journalists. Organized chronologically, the volume spans nearly 300 years, from the issue of the first American newspaper, The Boston News Letter in 1704, to articles on the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816020337
• ISBN13: 9780816020331
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"