Printers played a major role in the American Revolution. They risked their careers and freedom for printing seditious ideas in their newspapers. Readers will di

Describes a day in the life of a colonial printer, the workings of a printing press, and how it was used to spread news.

William Parks: The Colonial Printer in the Transatlantic World of the Eighteenth Century is a cultural biography that traces the important early American printe

Beautifully illustrated study explores every aspect of the American printer and his craft from 1639 to 1800.

Colonial America was a place of new beginnings. From the first settlement in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, to the formation of the thirteen colonies, people arri