History of the Snowman

Name: History of the Snowman
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ISBN: 9781416940661

ISBN-10: 1416940669

ISBN-13: 9781416940661

Edition: 2007

Authors: Bob Eckstein

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Who made the first snowman? Who first came up with the idea of placing snowballs on top of each other, and who decided they would use a carrot for a nose? Most puzzling of all: How can this mystery ever be solved, with all the evidence long since melted? The snowman appears everywhere on practically everything -- from knickknacks to greeting cards to seasonal sweaters we plan to return. Whenever we see big snowballs our first impulse is to deck them out with a top hat. Humorist and writer Bob Eckstein has long been fascinated by this ubiquitous symbol of wintertime fun -- and finally, for the first time, one of the world's most popular icons gets his due. A thoroughly entertaining…

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880

Bob Eckstein has been a humor writer for more than twenty years, and is most recognized for his popular weekly columns in Newsday, the Village Voice, and now, TimeOut. His cartoons and artwork have also appeared in publications like The New Yorker, the New York Times, Spy magazine, and Details. He splits his time between his studios in Manhattan and Pennsylvania.



Introduction: The Search for the First Snowman



The Modern Snowman



The Age of Expansion: The Twenty-first Century



The White Trash Years: 1975-2000



The Hollywood Years: There's No Business Like Snow Business



The Golden Age of Advertising Since the Early Twentieth Century: Snow Sells



The Dean Martin Years: Drunken Debauchery and Other Misgivings



Snowman Deconstructionism: Literary Circles



The Birth of a Media Star: 1870s-1910s



Snowman Photography since the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Mr. Sound Bite


Intermission: A Comic Interlude of the Best Snowmen Cartoons



The Renaissance Snowman



The Revolution of 1870: The Snowman's French Roll



Made in America: The Snow Angel of 1856



Eighteenth-Century Snow and Ice Sculpture: From Russia with Love Handles



Early American Snowmen in the Seventeenth Century: New World, Fresh Snow



Snowman Exploration in the Late Sixteenth Century



Belgian Expressionism: The Miracle of 1511



Early Classism in Snow Sculpture: Politically Incorrect Fun



Italian Snowballs from the Fifteenth Century: The Two-Ball Theory



The First Snowman



The Ice Age: Who Came First, the Caveman or the Snowman?


Conclusion: The Complete Meltdown


Miscellanea


Bibliography


Acknowledgments