"A Comic History of the United States" by Livingston Hopkins is a funny take on America's early days, told with jokes and pictures. Starting with Christopher Columbus, the book puts a spin on important people and moments to make history fun. It shows Columbus dreaming big as a young man before his famous trip, mixing old stories with silly jokes. We see his odd ways of doing things and the crazy problems he faced, making the story both true to history and funny. This is how the book starts, and it keeps mixing real facts with comedy as it moves through different parts of American history.
A Comic History of the United States
By Livingston Hopkins
Experience the hilarious side of American history as a famous explorer comically stumbles his way through discovering a new world, setting the stage for a nation built on laughs and legend.
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About the AuthorLivingston Yourtee ('Hop') Hopkins was a prolific cartoonist and caricaturist with successive careers in both the United States and Australia. Born in the American mid-west state of Ohio, Hopkins worked as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator in New York from 1870 to 1882, during a period of expansion of illustrated newspapers and magazines in America. His work was published in a wide variety of periodicals and specialty publications. Hopkins' A Comic History of United States, which he wrote and illustrated, was published in 1876. By the early 1880s he had established a reputation as a talented cartoonist and illustrator.
Livingston Yourtee ('Hop') Hopkins was a prolific cartoonist and caricaturist with successive careers in both the United States and Australia. Born in the American mid-west state of Ohio, Hopkins worked as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator in New York from 1870 to 1882, during a period of expansion of illustrated newspapers and magazines in America. His work was published in a wide variety of periodicals and specialty publications. Hopkins' A Comic History of United States, which he wrote and illustrated, was published in 1876. By the early 1880s he had established a reputation as a talented cartoonist and illustrator.
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