Anthony Hart Harrigan (October 27, 1925 – 2010) was a conservative columnist, lecturer, and author. He was an editor of the ''

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'' in Charleston, South Carolina and had a syndicated column. His father was Anthony Hart Harrigan Sr., a doctor in New York City, and his grandfather was actor and playwright

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. Harrigan wrote about various topics including

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, the media, and freedom of speech. He edited a book of collected writings from conservative Courier newspaperman William Watts Ball. He married Elizabeth Ravenel and had 4 children. One of his columns was a scathing attack on Paul B. Zuber and

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in 1964, calling them hard core leftists and Communists while stating that insurrectionists did not "just emerge from the sewers in a day". He was an editor at the ''Courier'' from 1956 until 1970. The South Carolina Historical Society and

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have collections of his and his family's papers including correspondence with Republican Party politicians, columns, and documents related to his family history. His work has been described as pseudo-scientific racism.

Bibliography

*''South West Africa'' (1963) *''One Against the Mob: With Questions Asked by Prime Minister Ian Smith. Introduced by Alice Widener'' (1966) *''Putting America First'' (1987) *''Of the Old School'', editor about William Watts Ball

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrigan, Anthony Hart 1925 births 2010 deaths Journalists from South Carolina Writers from Charleston, South Carolina Editors of South Carolina newspapers American columnists 20th-century American newspaper editors