{"product_id":"churchill-in-punch-gary-l-stiles-9781914414138","title":"Churchill in Punch","description":"\u003cb\u003eEighty years of Winston Churchill's political life and career through cartoons in Britain's influential \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e, the now-defunct British weekly humor and satire magazine, featured Winston Churchill in more than six hundred cartoons between 1899 to 1988. Some were laudatory, some critical, and many humorous, like the man himself. Early on, \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e often made Churchill into a caricature of himself, promoting exaggerated images of his physical characteristics such as his forward-leaning gait, his prominent jutting jaw, and his ever-present cigar. His hobbies--polo, painting, writing, and brick-laying--were frequently skewered as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book catalogs, for the first time, all of the cartoons that featured the former prime minister, providing context for the events and people being satirized and placing them in their proper historical perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary L. Stiles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914414136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914414138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unicorn Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.71h x 9.06w x 1.65d","brand":"Gary L. Stiles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074154197247,"sku":"9781914414138","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f4c219d-d4e2-4b33-80ab-e93b04bbc26a.jpg?v=1685452098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/churchill-in-punch-gary-l-stiles-9781914414138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}