The Power to Provoke: Puck Magazine and American Political Satire

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    October 8, 2014 all-day
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    Museum of the City of New York
    1220 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029
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    The Power to Provoke: Puck Magazine and American Political Satire

    Museum of the City of New York

    Wednesday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m.

    Join authors Michael Alexander Kahn and Richard Samuel West, as they present their new book, What Fools These Mortals Be (IDW Publishing, October 2014), featuring nearly 300 of Puck Magazine’s (the nation’s first political humor magazine) full-color lithographs, and discuss the continuing power of political cartoons with writer and editor Victor Navasky. Book signing and reception to follow. This event is presented as part of the Activist New York program series.

    RSVP required. Free for Museum members; $12 students/seniors; $16 general public.