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001 2007024820
003 DLC
005 20090102144702.0
008 070613s2007 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007024820
020 $a9781416940661 (alk. paper)
020 $a1416940669 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn145396493
035 $a(OCoLC)145396493
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dDLC
050 00 $aNK6030$b.E25 2007
082 00 $a736/.94$222
100 1 $aEckstein, Bob.
245 14 $aThe history of the snowman :$bfrom the ice age to the flea market /$cBob Eckstein.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bSimon Spotlight Entertainment,$cc2007.
300 $aix, 177 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 163-173).
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aSnowmen.
650 0 $aSnow sculpture.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024820.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007024820-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007024820-s.html