About the Author

Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, math, and other big subjects for more than forty years. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics), a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College.

Reviews

"A perfect gift for that teenager who simply can't get American history straight . . . "-- "San Francisco Chronicle"Gonick's irreverent humor is effective . . . the text sparkles . . . "-- "Los Angeles Times" . . . a vital, dynamic, and consistently challenging panorama of our past."-- "The Comics Journal