"Marse Henry: An Autobiography (Volume 1)" by Henry Watterson is a reflective journey through the life of a renowned journalist and editor during a pivotal period in American history. From his youth in Washington D.C., surrounded by influential political leaders such as John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, to his eventual career in journalism, Watterson recounts personal experiences and observations from the mid-1800s, colored by the looming shadow of the Civil War. He shares stories from his childhood, the political activities of his father, his family’s connections to important figures of the time, and his own early literary ambitions. The narrative blends personal anecdotes with political history, capturing the dynamic atmosphere of a nation on the brink and offering Watterson's perspectives on the defining moments and personalities that shaped America's trajectory.
Marse Henry: An Autobiography (Volume 1)
By Henry Watterson
Witness the making of a journalist and the shaping of a nation through the eyes of a man who lived and breathed the political turbulence of a pre-Civil War America.
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About the AuthorHenry Watterson, the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democrat like his father Harvey Magee Watterson, Henry Watterson for five decades after the American Civil War was a part-owner and editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, which was founded by Walter Newman Haldeman and would be purchased by Robert Worth Bingham in 1919, who would end the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's association with the paper.
Henry Watterson, the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democrat like his father Harvey Magee Watterson, Henry Watterson for five decades after the American Civil War was a part-owner and editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, which was founded by Walter Newman Haldeman and would be purchased by Robert Worth Bingham in 1919, who would end the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's association with the paper.
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