The Cartoon Guide to United Stated History

Informationen zum Autor LARRY GONICK has been creating comics that explain math, history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. His Cartoon Guide series has enjoyed immense success. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics) and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. He was staff cartoonist for Muse magazine. Larry Gonick's books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He lives in San Francisco, California. 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, Gonick Larry
• Assisted by: Gonick Larry (Illustration)
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.08.1991
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780062730985
• ISBN: 978-0-06-273098-5
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions (packing): 18.5 x 23.2 x 2.3 cm
• Series: Cartoon Guide Series; Cartoon Guide Series; Cartoon Guide
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