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Endorsed by everyone from doonesburys garry trudeau to the late carl sagan, the series more than lived up to the hype. A mere professor of american history could not explain historic events with such brilliance and humor. The cartoon guide to united states history english, paperback larry gonick. While we were traveling america last year, we came across vol 3 of larry gonicks fantastic cartoon history of the universe series. It is written and illustrated by american cartoonist, professor, and mathematician larry gonick, who started the project in 1978.
Volume i of the cartoon history of the modern world picks up from gonicks award winning cartoon history of the universe series. With lively drawings and surprisingly thorough text, gonick rides with paul revere and flies with sputnik through the salient points of our nations history. Gonicks hilariously informative history of the planet is a great addition to the growing field of comics trade books. Followed by, the cartoon history of the universe ii.
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