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Summary: Interesting read for Seuss fans and WWII buffs
Review: Unknown to many people, Dr. Seuss actually made anti-fascist political cartoons for a newspaper during 1941-1942. People who've grown up on the "Cat in the Hat" will be surprised to see the same man lampooning Hitler, Mussolini, Imperial Japan, and American isolationists in his own whimsical way. For Seuss fans and those interested in WWII, this book should rate a look. The only problem with the book is the way it is arranged. It is very irritating to have to constanly leaf back and forth between cartoons and the explanations that go along with them.
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Summary: Little-known, timely, and an enjoyable book with later hints
Review: Until stumbling across this book, I would have had no idea that Dr. Seuss had once been an editorial cartoonist. Upon opening the book, the familiar illustrative style and in many cases, the whimsical, lyrical poetic style found in his children's books jump out. It is only as you examine deeper that you can really settle in and appreciate what the book compiled together.In these cartoons Seuss mocks Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, and stereotypes present in the American culture of the 1940s. He has cartoons on domestic subjects, foreign policy acts and blunders, and the Second World War in general. Here you see Yertle the Turtle before we knew it was him, and other characters that we met in later books. My history students, of course, were initially thrilled to see more of Dr. Seuss' work, having grown up appreciating all that he did. But then, as we discussed what message and or/event was being referenced in individual cartoons, they grew appreciative and even more interested. I really like using this book.
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