Vigilante newspapers : a tale of sex, religion, and murder in the Northwest / Gerald J. Baldasty.
Publication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780295990309
- 0295990309
- Creffield, Edmund, 1867?-1906
- Mitchell, George (George Washington), 1883?-1906
- Church of the Bride of Christ
- Creffield, Edmund, 1867?-1906
- Mitchell, George (George Washington), 1883?-1906
- Church of the Bride of Christ
- Newspapers -- Objectivity
- Religion and the press -- Oregon
- HISTORY -- State & Local -- General
- Newspapers -- Objectivity
- Religion and the press
- Oregon
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- 979.5/34 22
- BP605.C546 B35 2005eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Collision course -- 2. The shame of Corvallis -- 3. Weak women -- 4. The press proclaims a hero -- 5. Defending George Mitchell -- 6. Second thoughts -- 7. Unforgiven -- 8. News and values -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Print version record.
A powerful and instructive story of how intolerant and sensational newspapers in Corvallis and Seattle encouraged vigilante violence, murder, and lawlessness toward and Oregon religious cult.
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