Herblock Special Report

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 255, [1] pages. Profusely illus., DJ is price-clipped, worn, soiled with chips and small tears. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy. During the course of a career stretching into nine decades, he won three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning (1942, 1954, 1979), shared a fourth Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for Public Service on Watergate, the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994), the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award in 1957 and 1960, the Reuben Award in 1956, the Gold Key Award (the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame) in 1979, and numerous other honors. This book contains text and over 450 cartoons tracing the career of Richard M. Nixon from his days as a freshman Congressman through his pardon by President Ford. The political cartoons of Herblock (Herb Block's pen name) are the standard by which all other editorial cartoons are measured. A true American institution, Herblock has been satirizing the powerful, the smug, and the hypocritical for more than fifty years. Herblock is filled with the wit, candor, and cartoons that have earned their author many awards, including the Franklin Roosevelt Freedom Medal. From coining the term "McCarthyism" to cartoons attacking racism, Herblock has played an integral role in our times. Here he turns his thoughts and pen on Nixon, Watergate, Vietnam, the civil rights struggle, Iran-Contra, and much more. This trade-paper edition includes a new chapter on the tumultuous Clinton presidency and the Gingrich Congress, and thirty new cartoons. Condition: Very good / fair.

Keywords: Political Cartoons, Herblock, Politics, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, U.S. Senators, Watergate, U.S. Presidents

ISBN: 0393087085

[Book #78300]

Price: $75.00