Embedded Document /system/files/2023-07/KHAL_CY_TheFirebrand_Collins.pdf Download this PDF Abstract Among the 713 newspapers in print in Kansas in the 1880s, a single short-lived newspaper provides insight into political shifts and battles in small towns. The Firebrand newspaper in Clay Center provided inflammatory rhetoric for a single year, also switching political sides from Republican to Democrat. This is an in-depth study of one newspaper; the author, a journalism major, read every issue and perceptively analyzes tone, message, and content. Authors Collins, Becky Date Mar 01, 2010 Tags Clay County Kansas History and Life Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Becky Collins, “The Firebrand: Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas; December 1883-November 1884,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/the-firebrand-newspaper-clay-county. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.