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Heads of State: The Presidents as Everyday Useful Household Items in Pewter, Plastic,...
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Features
Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA October 19, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1582345120
ISBN-13: 978-1582345123
Product Dimensions:
7.1 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Product Description
There's room for only four presidents' heads on Mount Rushmore, but Heads of State more than makes up for those presidents who aren't carved in stone, and still includes Washington (as a thimble), Jefferson (as a vase), Lincoln (as a paper clip), and Roosevelt (as a whistle)!
Since the earliest days of the presidency, the American people have either loved or loved to hate their president. And in the American spirit of entrepreneurship, some have used their know-how to merge commemoration with commerce, creating mass-produced, marketable household items that bring the president's face into every home. Heads of State celebrates these objects, highlighting through lively text and extensive research the humorous, sometimes strikingly apt parallels between the chief executives and the objects used to portray them. It's the perfect book for anyone fascinated by politics, Americana, and the way in which presidents have been memorialized, satirized, romanticized, and worshipped by the very people they serve.
About The Author
Carl Sferrazza Anthony is a former speechwriter for Nancy Reagan and contributing editor at George magazine. He has authored eight books on presidential family history, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Vanity Fair. Anthony appears regularly as a political commentator on Nightline, Larry King, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS nightly news programs. He lives in Los Angeles.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Heads of State: The Presidents as Everyday Useful Household Items in Pewter, Plastic, Porcelain, Copper, Chalk, China, Wax, Walnut and More (Hardcover)
This has got to be the stupidest book ever written on the planet! Who the hell cares about presidents as "useful" household items???? I put "" around useful because they're not really useful items. We received this as a Christmas gift... it is now a huge joke around our house. I feel like I've been punk'd by my 65-year-old aunt who got this for us! Seriously! Who buys this crap??!! Not any normal, sane human being!
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Heads of State: The Presidents as Everyday Useful Household Items in Pewter, Plastic,...
by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
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