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The Life of Kings
In an age when local daily papers with formerly robust reporting are cutting sections and even closing their doors, the contributors to The Life of Kings celebrate the heyday of one such paper, the Baltimore Sun, when it set the agenda for Baltimore, was a force in Washington, and extended its reach around the globe. Contributors like David Simon, creator of HBO’s The Wire, and renowned political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (better known as KAL), tell what it was like to work in what may have been the last golden age of American newspapers -- when journalism still seemed like “the life of kings” that H.L. Mencken so cheerfully remembered. The writers in this volume recall the standards that made the Sun and other fine independent newspapers a bulwark of civic life for so long. Their contributions affirm that the core principles they followed are no less imperative for the new forms of journalism: a strong sense of the public interest in whose name they were acting, a reverence for accuracy, and an obligation
A Century in the Sun
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A Century in the Sun
The greatest moments in Baltimore and the world told in the pages of the Baltimore Sun and The Evening Sun.
African American News in the Baltimore Sun, 1870-1927
Founded in 1837, the Baltimore Sun published numerous articles characterizing local, national, and international events relating to and impacting people of color. Beginning with the year 1870, Mrs. Pagan has scoured the newspaper for all such accounts and summarized their contents through 1927. To quote the historian Donna T. Hollie, who wrote the Foreword, "The author has selected articles for this publication which provide an expansive overview of experiences chronicling the African diaspora. For example, the reader will learn of the evolution of 'Jim Crow' regarding housing and interstate travel. Also included are summaries covering sports, lynchings, entertainment, and political, educati...
Maryland Mortalities, 1876-1915, from the (Baltimore) Sun Almanac
Death notices from around the state (mainly Baltimore City). A0254HB - $25.00
