TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

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I am a political cartoon junkie! When I was a kid, I used to clip out the best cartoons from the local newspaper, the Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder. I grew up in the Vietnam War era –a time of long-haired sloppy-looking dropouts, fervent anti-war protestors, spaced out dopeheads, greedy TV preachers, frustrating Ohio sports teams, high taxes, cheap imports from Asia, and misguided and self-serving politicians (some things never change, as all of this decribes today as well as 1968!).

The 1860s were also a time of chaos and turmoil. Political cartoonists and satirists abounded. My fellow York, PA Civil War author J. G. Lewin has produced a great new book examining the political scene of that era through the pens of some of these leading artists. It’s a book well worth reading for anyone tired of the same old battlefield tactics books – this is a fresh and different perspective on the war.

My review can be found on my blog.

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