Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 131 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction: American Children's Literature, the Yellow-Kid Reporter Era, and Artifice -- Carrying the Banner: Horatio Alger, Jr., the Newsboy, and the Paper -- Making News and Faking Truth: Richard Harding Davis, the Reporter, and American Youth -- A Spectacle of Girls: L. Frank Baum, Women Reporters, and the Man Behind the Screen in Early Twentieth-Century America -- Join the Club: African American Children's Literature, Social Change, and the Chicago Defender Junior -- Conclusion: I Want to Know Everything: Harriet the Spy and New Journalism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Children's stories, American -- History and criticism
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Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Journalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Reporters and reporting in literature.
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Reporters and reporting -- United States
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Children's stories, American
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Journalism and literature
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Reporters and reporting
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Reporters and reporting in literature
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Young adult fiction, American
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781438475417 |
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1438475411 |
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