Williamsport: The Grit Photograph Collection - Hardcoverby Robin Van Auken (Author), Louis E. Hunsinger (Author) For more than one hundred years, the Grit was small town America's favorite family newspaper and a Sunday morning staple. Dietrick Lamade, a German immigrant and self made man, founded the Grit and ushered it through early adversity and uncertainty, eventually initiating innovations such as direct mail and nationwide newsboy delivery, transforming the paper into a national institution. The Grit