HERBLOCK CARTOONS ABOUT NIXON HERBERT BLOCK SIGNED 1ST

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BE SURE TO CLICK ON "ZOOM" AND/OR ENLARGE ON THE PICTURES ABOVE! Hardback book with dustjacket: Herblock Special Report: Words and pictures on Nixon's career from freshman congressman to "full, free and absolute pardon", by Herbert Block. W. W. Norton, 1974. Stated First Edition. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the author, Herbert Block, who passed away in 2001. Dustjacket and book have mild fading. Text and cartoons are in good shape. in Herblock Special Report, he traces the career of Richard Nixon from his days as a freshman congressman through his resignation and "full, free, and absolute pardon" by President Gerald Ford. The book is divided into eleven sections including: Senator, Vice President, Cracks in the Dam, The Flood, and The Tape Plays Out.In addition to over 450 cartoons, we also read Herblock text which not only "places" the cartoons and their subjects, but also provides a personal account of what the famous cartoonist has observed and how he has reacted.Herbert Lawrence Block has been an editorial cartoonist since 1929. He started with the Chicago Daily News, then in 1933 through 1943 worked for the NEA Service, was in the U.S. Army, 1943-45, and since 1946 has been with The Washington Post. He is widely syndicated in over 200 papers throughout the world. He has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, as well as many other significant awards. His books have included The Herblock Book, Herblock's and Now, Herblock's Special for Today, Straight Herblock, The Herblock Gallery, and Herblock's State of the Union. $4 media mail shipping with Delivery Confirmation to U.S. destination. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! WE COMBINE SHIPPING! PayPal—eBay's service to make fast, easy, and secure payments for your eBay purchases! ! Inscribed to Gerry van der Heuvel Donovan, who passed away in 2009. From The Washington Post obituary Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Gerry van der Heuvel Donovan, 91, a former journalist who was press secretary to first lady Pat Nixon, died Oct. 25 of congestive heart failure at her home in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was hired in 1968 by members of Richard M. Nixon's incoming White House staff. As her first task, she handled the press arrangements for the marriage of first daughter Julie Nixon to David Eisenhower, the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. She worked for the first lady for a year and then left to become special assistant to the U.S. ambassador in Rome, Graham Martin. A vivacious and popular newswoman, Ms. Donovan often took part in annual press club spoofs of elected officials. She might have been miscast in the role of press secretary, the New York Times concluded when she was replaced. She had been a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Hubert H. Humphrey before Nixon's election as president, and she was chosen by White House staff, not the first lady, for the press secretary's job. The Washington Post said reporters had complained that Ms. Donovan was late with press releases, played favorites with journalists and was chronically unavailable on deadline. After her time in Rome, she returned to Washington, w she began researching a book, published in 1988 as "Crowns of Thorns and Glory: Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis, The Two First Ladies of the Civil War." Upon the 1982 death of former first lady Bess Truman, Ms. Donovan wrote a long appreciation that ran in The Post's Style section. She was born Gertrude Burch on Oct. 20, 1918, in Alexandria, Minn., and attended Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Michigan. In 1943, she became the first female reporter in the old United Press newswire's office in Detroit. She later worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Philadelphia, moving with the job to Washington in 1959. In Washington, she ... read more

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