Title

Herblock: a cartoonist's life.

Description

Herblock: a cartoonist's life tells of the remarkable career that has spanned the era from Roosevelt to Clinton. Herb Block opposed isolationism before World War II; warned of nuclear hazards in the '40s; opposed McCarthyism in the '50s and racism in the '50s and '60s; and zeroed in on Watergate in the '70s and Iran-contra and other Reagan-Bush scandals in the '80s...first-hand account of the life and times of the foremost American political cartoonist of this century. It includes autobiographical anecdotes written with humor, notes on personalities and strong opinions by 'The Washington Post's' widely syndicated cartoon commentator. -- Book Jacket.

Identifier

2500090

25118951

Creator

Block, Herbert

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1993

Program air date: November 14, 1993.

Publisher

Macmillan Pub.

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
SC&A copy has inscription on half-title: "To Brian with warmest regards and an appreciation from Herb Block." with People 4/12/93 article on Block with underlining and three post-it notes with: "Macarthyism," "Nixon," and "Perot" in Lamb's hand.

Subject

"Block, Herbert, 1909-2001."

"Cartoonists--United States--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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