| The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part II: From the Bastille to Baghdad Contributor(s): Gonick, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060760087 ISBN-13: 9780060760083 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $20.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: A master cartoonist picks up his award-winning Cartoon History of the Universe series in this complete story of the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - Comics & Graphic Novels | Reference |
| Dewey: 909.080 |
| LCCN: 2006049146 |
| Series: Cartoon History of the Modern World |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 7.32" W x 9.28" (1.02 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "From the Bastille to Baghdad," The Cartoon History of the World Part 2 is the conclusion (for the moment) of Larry Gonick's award-winning and bestselling annals of humankind presented in graphic novel form. Picking up after the American Revolution, where Part 1 left off, Part 2 opens with the Enlightenment and rolls across Napoleon, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, World War I and II, and all the way to our recent imbroglios in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2 is a monumental, one might say "historic" achievement, at once edifying, irreverent, and wildly entertaining. Terry Jones of Monty Python said of the first volume of this series, "Obviously one of the great books of all time." And modern civilization's most recent act is no less enthralling. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gonick, Larry: - Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain math, history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. 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, and he is currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine. He lives in San Francisco, California. |