The Gibson Girl and Her America

The Gibson Girl and Her AmericaAt the turn of the twentieth century, Charles Dana Gibson's pen and ink drawings of the "American Girl" now remembered as the Gibson Girl became the national ideal of femininity. This collection of his images of youthful, dynamic women offers an informative and amusing reflection of the era's social life. Sentimental, humorous, and often gently satirical, these images portray the Gibson Girl at the theater, in the drawing room, flirting and courting,

the cross product

and the fictional Atlantis

twelve caesars

sit quietly

chicago fire

literary pronunciation (Wade system)

and the theory of integral equations

historical non-fiction

yellow fever

books on east africans

anti-apartheid movement

With his unique brand of humor and insight