A Forgotten Gentry of the Fourth Estate
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 167-174
The tramp printer, called Muskogee Red or Kokomo Joe, was a colorful figure and the subject of many a backshop yarn. But he also played a vital role in the expansion of newspapers after the Civil War, until modern efficiency spelled his doom. The author is an associate professor of journalism at Missouri.