The Cartoon History of the United States

What? You don't know what a Burgess is? — You can't outline the Monroe Doctrine? — Recall the 14th Amendment — Explain the difference between a sputnik and a beatnik? Then you need The Cartoon History of the United States to fill those gaps. From the first English colonies to the Gulf War and the S&L debacle, Larry Gonick spells it all out from his unique cartoon perspective.