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A wickedly funny history of America in its most memorable images

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Presidents 2. Wars and Foreign Relations 3. Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Issues 4. Local and Domestic Politics5. Business and Labor Notes Index About the Author

About the Author

Donald Dewey is the author of twenty-five books and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles published throughout the world. He wrote acclaimed biographies of actors James Stewart and Marcello Mastroianni, and has been awarded the Nelson Algren Prize for fiction. His history of baseball fans, The Tenth Man: The Fan in Baseball History, was cited by numerous publications as one of the best books of 2004. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

"An afternoon with The Art of Ill Will is time well spent, especially when followed by 'Funny Times,' the cartoon monthly, and 'The Colbert Report.' " New York Times Book Review "The true stars of this book are the cartoons themselves. During a period when an entire government seems drawn by a satirist, it's instructive to look back at a history of politics reduced to two dimensions." Village Voice "A striking panorama of the unruly history of the American cartoonist's trade." Austin American Statesman "This hybrid volume mixing history and sociology with political cartoons entertainingly brings the past to light." Library Journal "[A] handsome and bracingly irreverent history of the form." New York Sun "Not just a story of cartoons but a history of America through cartoons. A great gift book." Brian Lehrer Live