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Summary: Asterix in America!
Review: First published in French in 1975 as La Grande Traversée, it was first published in English in 1976.Asterix and Obelix volunteer to go fishing, as Getafix needs fresh fish, which Unhigienix, the fishmonger, as usual, cannot provide. Stormy weather blows them to a strange destination where they meet up with a strange people who they cannot quite identify (of course we have the benefit of hindsight and know that this is America and these people are Native Americans.) Before the end of the voyage they also get to run into Vikings (A slightly different breed it seems, to those we met in 'Asterix and the Normans'). As usual our friends voyage to interesting places and upside down. In the Asterix albums we have met parodies of figures such as Boadicea, The Beatles, Napoleon, Laurence Olivier and 007. In this one we get to meet up with a spoof of Harold Wilson, British Prime minister when this book was published. Of course the theme of food also comes up quite a lot. It seems the authors of the Asterix albums had quite an obsession with food!
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Summary: Asterix in America!
Review: First published in French in 1975 as La Grande Traversée, it was first published in English in 1976. Asterix and Obelix volunteer to go fishing, as Getafix needs fresh fish, which Unhigienix, the fishmonger, as usual, cannot provide. Stormy weather blows them to a strange destination where they meet up with a strange people who they cannot quite identify (of course we have the benefit of hindsight and know that this is America and these people are Native Americans.) Before the end of the voyage they also get to run into Vikings (A slightly different breed it seems, to those we met in `Asterix and the Normans'). As usual our friends voyage to interesting places and upside down. In the Asterix albums we have met parodies of figures such as Boadicea, The Beatles, Napoleon, Laurence Olivier and 007. In this one we get to meet up with a spoof of Harold Wilson, British Prime minister when this book was published. Of course the theme of food also comes up quite a lot. It seems the authors of the Asterix albums had quite an obsession with food!
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Summary: Asterix is a cool guy!
Review: I've never read this book before, but I love Asterix books! I'll bet that this book is really funny. I hope that there are Latin phrases in this book. If you haven't taken the time to learn Latin yet, there must be something wrong with you. I'm sorry for you. :') Bye!
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Summary: Probably the best Asterix ever written
Review: The Great Crossing is definitely my favorite episode, the image of Asterix as the Statue of Liberty is just amazing. If you've never read Asterix, this is maybe the episode to start with.
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