Cartoon History of the United States

by Larry Gonick

Overview

What? You don't know what a Burgess is? — You can't outline the Monroe Doctrine? — Recall the 14th Amendment? — Explain the difference between a sputnik and a beatnik?

Then you need The Cartoon History of the United States to fill those gaps. From the first English colonies to the Gulf War and the S&L debacle, Larry Gonick spells it all out from his unique cartoon perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062730985
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/14/1991
Series:	Cartoon Guide Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	318,988
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, math, and other big subjects for more than forty years. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics), a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College.

Editorial Reviews

A perfect gift for that teenager who simply can't get American history straight . . .

San Francisco Chronicle

Gonick's irreverent humor is effective . . . the text sparkles . . .

Los Angeles Times

. . . a vital, dynamic, and consistently challenging panorama of our past.

Comics Journal