Review of Biography of Civil War Era Cartoonist Thomas Nast

[PatYoung]

BOOK REVIEW: German immigrant Thomas Nast gave us the modern images of Santa Claus and Uncle Sam. He also used his cartoonist's pen to campaign against slavery and the corruption of Tammany Hall. Nast lionized Ulysses S. Grant and Lincoln. On the other hand, he often depicted Irish immigrants as ape-like beasts. Read my review of a biography of this complicated man.

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