Four Turbulent Decades: A Cartoon History of America, 1962-2001

Featuring artworks by longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch political cartoonist Tom Engelhardt, Four Turbulent Decades offers evocative images of pivotal events ranging from the President Kennedy assassination to the 9/11 attacks. The cartoons were chosen from SHSMO s collection by art curator Joan Stack, who also provides narratives that add historical context and reveal artistic techniques for each drawing. In addition to highlights from Engelhardt s long and distinguished, the book features a commentary by Engelhardt and his friend Jules Feiffer, author, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist, that gives further insight into and the field of newspaper cartoons in the twentieth century. An introduction written by Engelhardt describes his path to becoming the Post-Dispatch s political cartoonist in 1962.