{"product_id":"doomed-by-cartoon","title":"DOOMED BY CARTOON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves. \u003c\/em\u003eThe legendary \u003cstrong\u003eBoss Tweed\u003c\/strong\u003e effectively controlled New York City from after the Civil War until his downfall in November 1871. A huge man, he and his Ring of Thieves appeared to be invincible as they stole an estimated $2 billion in today's dollars. In addition to the New York City and state governments, the Tweed Ring controlled the press except for Harper's Weekly.\n\nShort and slight, \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Nast\u003c\/strong\u003e was the most dominant American political cartoonist of all time; using his pen as his sling in Harper's Weekly, he attacked Tweed almost single-handily before The New-York Times joined the battle in 1870.\n\nWhere\u003cem\u003e Doomed by Cartoon\u003c\/em\u003e differs from previous books about Boss Tweed, its focus is on looking at the circumstances and events, as Thomas Nast visualized them in his 160-plus cartoons, making it almost like a serialized but intermittent comic book covering 1866 through 1978.\n\nOrganized to tell the Nast vs. Tweed story so that readers with an interest in politics, history and\/or cartoons, will enjoy it.\n\n\u003cb\u003eOut Of Print. Condition: Very Fine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan James Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59642899136798,"sku":"RB6330","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB6330-doomed-cartoon.jpg?v=1784512620","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/doomed-by-cartoon","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}