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The illustrated history of the snowman / Bob Eckstein.

by Eckstein, Bob, author.

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Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, [2018]

Snow sculpture.

9781493036660 (hardcover) :

1493036661 (hardcover)

209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The modern snowman : the age of expansion -- The king of kitsch -- The Hollywood years : there's no business like snow business -- The golden age of advertising : snow sells -- The drunken W.C. Fields years -- Snowmen in the arts -- The birth of a media star -- The snowman goes to war -- The first snowman selfies -- The revolution of 1870 -- The snow angel of 1856 -- The massacre of 1690 -- The miracle of 1511 -- The oldest surviving snowman -- The ice age : who came first, the caveman or the snowman? -- Snowmen from around the world.

Eckstein sheds light on the snowman's enigmatic past: from the present day to the Dark Ages, with the creation of the very first snowman. Eckstein interest has snowballed into a (mostly) earnest quest of chasing Frosty around the world, into museums and libraries, and seeking out a riveting history as an integral part of our world culture, appearing in rare prints, paintings, early movies, and advertising. -- adapted from Amazon.com

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