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HERBLOCK: A CARTOONIST’S LIFE

By Herbert Block

Times Books, 404 pages, $16 paper

Best known for his witty and acerbic Washington Post cartoons during the McCarthy and Watergate eras, the cartoonist known as Herblock launched his career in 1929 in his hometown at the Chicago Daily News. Featuring cartoons by the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist, this engaging memoir often reads like an irreverent lesson in history and politics. Writes Herblock: “The lines I draw often differ from the lines on the pollsters’ popularity charts. . . .”

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