The history of the snowman : from the ice age to the flea market

Eckstein, Bob. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1416940669 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781416940661 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: ix, 177 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-173).

Formatted Contents Note:

The age of expansion: the twenty-first century -- The white trash years, 1975-2000 -- The Hollywood years : there's no business like snow business -- The golden age of advertising since the early twentieth century: snow sells -- The Dean Martin years: drunken debauchery and other misgivings -- Snowman deconstructionism: literary circles -- The birth of a media star: 1870s-1910s -- Snowman photography since mid-19th century : Mr. Sound Bite -- A comic interlude of the best snowmen cartoons -- The revolution of 1870: the snowman's French roll -- Made in America: the snow angel of 1856 -- Eighteenth century snow and ice sculpture: from Russia with love handles -- Early American snowmen in the seventeenth century: new world, fresh snow -- Snowman exploration in late sixteenth century -- Belgian expressionism: the miracle of 1511 -- Early classism in snow sculpture: politically incorrect fun -- Italian snowballs from the fifteenth century: the two ball theory -- The first snowman -- The ice age: who came first, the caveman or the snowman? -- Conclusion: the complete meltdown.