Further Progress In The Record Of American Printing

Author : Frederick W. Hamilton
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ISBN 13 : 9781331737582
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Printing in America written by Frederick W. Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief History of Printing in America: Containing a Brief Sketch of the Development of the Newspaper and Some Notes on Publishers Who Have Especially Contributed to Printing The history of printing in America is radically different from that of the same art in Europe. The art was well developed before it crossed the Atlantic. The struggles attendant upon the organization of the trade and its relation with the government were all fought out in the old lands. These elements of interest are lacking here, but in their place we have the romance and interest of invention, the fascination of interesting personalities, the thrill of history in the making. No attempt has been made here to go into the story of the American invention of printing machinery and appliances. The most important portion of that story will be found in another volume of this series. The story of the introduction of printing and its spread through the colonies before 1775 has been told with some detail. The development of the newspaper has been sketched. The reader is introduced to a few great printers who have made lasting contributions to American life, art, and industry. Some account is given of a few of the leading printer-publishers. Familiar names will be missed. Sometimes they are omitted because they are publishers only and not printers, more often because space lacked for the treatment of any but a few typical cases. The story of the government printing office is briefly told and there is a very short sketch of the organization of the industry among employers and employees. The writer ventures to hope that a study of this book may lead to a wider knowledge and deeper interest in that history of America of which the history of American printing is a part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.