Books by John E. Semonche

This biography of the journalist's early life, from his birth in 1870 to his departure for Europe on a special mission for President Woodrow Wilson in 1918, is as much a study of the changing times in which Baker lived as of the man himself. It places Baker within a significant context, and as such it presents a full and historically useful portrait of an influential figure in American journalism.

This ambitious and accessible history of the nation's highest court contains information important for every American to know.

Surveys censorship for reasons of sex from nineteenth century onwards. This book covers various forms of American media-books and periodicals, pictorial art, motion pictures, music and dance, and radio, television, and the Internet. It explains via examples how and why censorship took place.