02590nam a2200337 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002900112020002700141040002100168035002100189043001200210050002600222082002200248100002700270245010700297250001300404260006800417300001500485504005100500520130400551533015201855600003002007650004302037655002902080710001702109856012602126ebr10639524CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120621s2012    ncu     sb   s001 0beng d  z  2012024895  z9780807835876 (hardback)  z9780807837351 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)825768308  an-us---14aNC1429.N3bH35 2012eb04a741.5/6973aB2231 aHalloran, Fiona Deans.10aThomas Nasth[electronic resource] :bthe father of modern political cartoons /cFiona Deans Halloran.  a1 [ed.].  aChapel Hill, N.C. :bUniversity of North Carolina Press,c2012.  axi, 366 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the founding father of American political cartooning, is perhaps best known for his cartoons portraying political parties as the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant. Nast's legacy also includes a trove of other political cartoons, his successful attack on the machine politics of Tammany Hall in 1871, and his wildly popular illustrations of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly magazine. Throughout his career, his drawings provided a pointed critique that forced readers to confront the contradictions around them. In this thoroughgoing and lively biography, Fiona Deans Halloran focuses not just on Nast's political cartoons for Harper's but also on his place within the complexities of Gilded Age politics and highlights the many contradictions in his own life: he was an immigrant who attacked immigrant communities, a supporter of civil rights who portrayed black men as foolish children in need of guidance, and an enemy of corruption and hypocrisy who idolized Ulysses S. Grant. He was a man with powerful friends, including Mark Twain, and powerful enemies, including William M. "Boss" Tweed. Halloran interprets Nast's work, explores his motivations and ideals, and illuminates Nast's lasting legacy on American political culture. "--cProvided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aNast, Thomas,d1840-1902. 0aCartoonistszUnited StatesvBiography. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10639524zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view