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Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks
Drew Friedman
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Description for Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks
Hardback. Num Pages: colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 548.
Melvin Burkhart the Anatomical Wonder; Zip the Pinhead; Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins; Johnny Eck, the King of the Freaks; Koo Koo the Birdgirl; and 45 more fascinating sideshow freaks both famous and obscure are immortalized in Drew Friedman’s delightful portraits. Before the politically correct impulses of the 1970s squelched the grand American tradition of the sideshow people born with abnormalities and others, like Jolly Jere the Fat Man, who created their oddity exhibited themselves to the shock and thrill of millions in sideshows nationwide. As a youth in the late 60s and early 70s, ... Read more
Melvin Burkhart the Anatomical Wonder; Zip the Pinhead; Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins; Johnny Eck, the King of the Freaks; Koo Koo the Birdgirl; and 45 more fascinating sideshow freaks both famous and obscure are immortalized in Drew Friedman’s delightful portraits. Before the politically correct impulses of the 1970s squelched the grand American tradition of the sideshow people born with abnormalities and others, like Jolly Jere the Fat Man, who created their oddity exhibited themselves to the shock and thrill of millions in sideshows nationwide. As a youth in the late 60s and early 70s, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Blast Books,U.S. United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780922233366
SKU
V9780922233366
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Drew Friedman
Drew Friedman is the author of more than six books, including Old Jewish Comedians, More Old Jewish Comedians, The Fun Never Stops, and Private Lives of Public Figures. He is the recipient of the 2001 Reuben Award for newspaper illustration, and his portait of President Obama graced the cover of The New Yorker for Obama’s inauguration, January 2009.
Reviews for Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks
"Drew Friedman is a guilty pleasure!" Matt Groening "Drew Friedman has created the greatest sideshow lineup ever. His astounding portraits of the strange, the unusual, the bizarre, and the unconventionally beautiful truly capture the spirit of these extraordinary characters. This is a must-have book for anyone who is a fan of the joyously twisted world of the sideshow." ... Read more