A lavish coffee table book devoted to the most important political satire and cartoon magazine in American history. Published from 1877 to 1918, Puck was regularly a major political battleground and is credited with single-handedly thwarting the third-term ambitions of Ulysses Grant in 1880 and electing Grover Cleveland to the presidency in 1884.

Puck did it with art–lavish, color, full-page and two-page center-spread cartoons. It was the first American magazine to publish color lithographs on a weekly basis and, for nearly forty years, was a training ground and showcase for some of the country’s most talented cartoonists, led by its co-founder, Joseph Keppler. This retrospective contains nearly 300 full-color plates.

Contents

• Foreword
• Chapter One: The History of Puck Magazine
• Chapter Two: The Puck Building
• Chapter Three: Presidential Politics
• Chapter Four: Politics and Government
• Chapter Five: Business and Labor
• Chapter Six: Foreign Relations
• Chapter Seven: Race and Religion
• Chapter Eight: Social Issues
• Chapter Nine: Personalities
• Chapter Ten: Just for Fun