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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145396493 Title: The history of the snowman : from the ice age to the flea market Author: Bob Eckstein Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, ©2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9781416940661 1416940669 OCLC:145396493

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The history of the snowman : from the ice age to the flea market

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The history of the snowman : from the ice age to the flea market

Author:	Bob Eckstein
Publisher:	New York, N.Y. : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, ©2007.
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	A historical and sociological evaluation of the snowman and snowman building travels backward through time from the modern world's regard of snowmen as a pop culture symbol to prehistoric early constructions.
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Bob Eckstein Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781416940661 1416940669
OCLC Number:	145396493
Description:	ix, 177 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents:	The 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.
Responsibility:	Bob Eckstein.
More information:	Table of contents only Publisher description Sample text

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A historical and sociological evaluation of the snowman and snowman building travels backward through time from the modern world's regard of snowmen as a pop culture symbol to prehistoric early constructions.

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