In this thoroughgoing and lively biography, Fiona Deans Halloran focuses not just on Nast's political cartoons for Harper's but also on his place within the complexities of Gilded Age politics and ...

The HBO series is peppered with references to real-life personages and historical events—but it lacks the anything-goes ...

German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam.

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Fiona Deans Halloran, author of [Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons], talked about the cartoonist best known for his illustrations of the Republican elephant and the Democratic ...

When studying history in middle and high school, I would always wait patiently for the arrival of the Gilded Age. I would sit through the slow formation of the thirteen colonies and their ...

Have you ever wondered where America’s political parties got their donkey and elephant mascots? Thomas Nast, the German-born editorial cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly magazine, came up with ...

This is the cartoon where Thomas Nast (above) first debuted a donkey to represent the Democratic Party. The dead lion represents former Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who had recently died ...

Pat Bagely, Editorial Cartoonist, discusses the impact of famed political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, in creating lasting iconic symbols such as the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey.

Nast worked hard to improve both his artistic and commentary skills, and the newsroom was a crash course in social and political issues.

German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam.