Exaggeration to prove a point is the foundation of America's storytelling heritage. The photographic postcard originated as a visual format for the time-honored tall tale in the Midwest. This amusing volume on the tall-tale postcard captures many facets of life in turn-of-the-century, small-town America and vividly bears witness to a unique form of creativity. 150 illustrations.
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Exaggeration to prove a point is the foundation of America's storytelling heritage. The photographic postcard originated as a visual format for the time-honored tall tale in the Midwest. This amusing volume on the tall-tale postcard captures many facets of life in turn-of-the-century, small-town America and vividly bears witness to a unique form of creativity. 150 illustrations.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 9h x 9w. A real nice clean unmarked 132 page first edition hardcover. Nice dust jacket has a small tape spot top right corner that may not show in scan. Offers a brief history of the "exaggerated" picture postcard, and how it captured many facets of life in turn-of-the-century small-town America. During the early years of this century the tall-tale postcard flourished in the American Midwest. In design, close-up photographs of ordinary-size produce and/or animals were combined--in skewed scale--with photos of people. Painstaking scissor-work resulted in hilarious, proto-surreal shots:
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Used-Very Good. Exaggeration to prove a point is the foundation of America's storytelling heritage. The photographic postcard originated as a visual format for the time-honored tall tale in the Midwest. This amusing volume on the tall-tale postcard captures many facets of life in turn-of-the-century, small-town America and vividly bears witness to a unique form of creativity. 150 illustrations. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
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As New in As New dust jacket. 1558590145. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brown cloth with gilt illustration and text, clean and sharp. First edition. Book is firm in binding, crisp interior, b&w photographs and illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Protected dustjacket is bright and crisp. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 4to 11"-13" tall; 132 pages.
