02551nam 2200601 450 991081925640332120200520144314.00-8203-4707-8(CKB)3710000000116811(EBL)1698731(SSID)ssj0001322032(PQKBManifestationID)11749087(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001322032(PQKBWorkID)11424010(PQKB)10266935(OCoLC)697756515(MdBmJHUP)muse38460(Au-PeEL)EBL1698731(CaPaEBR)ebr10878566(CaONFJC)MIL613993(OCoLC)881416218(MiAaPQ)EBC1698731(EXLCZ)99371000000011681120140612h20141967 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThomas Nast political cartoonist /by J. Chal VinsonAthens, Georgia :University of Georgia Press,2014.©19671 online resource (176 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8203-4618-7 0-8203-0183-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; I. YOUNG THOMAS NAST; II. CHAMPION OF THE UNION; III. THE END OF APPRENTICESHIP; IV. TRIUMPH OVER TWEED; V. PRESIDENT MAKER; VI. LAST YEARS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; WIf it is true that the pen is mightier than the sword and that one picture is worth a thousand words, Thomas Nast must certainly rank as one of the most influential personalities in nineteenth-century American history. His pen, dipped in satire, aroused an apathetic, disinterested, and uninformed public to indignation and action more than once. The most notable Nast campaign, and probably the one best recorded today, was directed against New York City's Tammany Hall and its boss, William Marcy Tweed. Boss Tweed and his ring so feared the power of Nast and his drawings that they once offered hiCartoonistsUnited StatesBiographyCartoonistsCartoonistsCartoonists.741.50924Vinson John Chalmers1603214Nast Thomas1840-1902.1603215MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819256403321Thomas Nast3927498UNINA