The Cartoon Guide to United Stated History

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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

• Authors: Larry Gonick
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.1991
• EAN: 9780062730985
• ISBN: 978-0-06-273098-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 232 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Cartoon Guide Series; Cartoon Guide Series; Cartoon Guide
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General, STUDY AIDS: Study Guides, GRAPHIC NOVELS: HISTORY, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Reference, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / History, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, STUDY AIDS: Graduate School Guides