Horace White was one of the leading American journalists of his time and one of the last of the group of great New York editors that included Charles A. Dana and Whitelaw Reid. While he managed to keep a low profile, his influence was felt and respected by many of the personalities of his day. He knew John Brown and other militant Free-Soilers and helped his friend Abraham Lincoln achieve the highest political office in the land. Always a crusader, he not only reported but also participated in some of the major events of his time, such as the Liberal Republican movement in the East in the 1870s. He was an authority on finance and economics, and his editorials in the New York Evening Post for over twenty years were regarded as the most influential essays on finance in the country. An editorial in the New York Times...