The Ungentlemanly Art: America's Political Cartoons

Stephen Hess

Tuesday, 22 Jan 1980 at 3:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union

Stephen Hess is a Senior Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution in b]Part of the National Affairs Series: Humor in America.Washington, DC. A former US Alternate Representative to the UN General Assembly, Mr. Hess is the author of several books on politics and the presidency. He is co-author of The Ungentlemanly Art, a book on American political cartoons, and is a syndicated columnist as well as a frequent commentator on public radio and television.
Part of the National Affairs Series: Humor in America.

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