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And the pursuit of happiness

Title
And the pursuit of happiness / Maira Kalman.
Author
Kalman, Maira.
Publication
New York : Penguin Press, 2010.

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Description
471 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Filled with original art and photographs by the author who is also an illustrator and designer, each chapter represents a month of Kalman's yearlong travel across the U.S. and her reflections on democracy. She starts with a celebration of Barack Obama's Presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., continues with the month of February and Abraham Lincoln, and explores democracy and the pursuit of happiness artistically and poetically. Several presidents and political sites in Washington, D.C. are focal points as the year progresses.
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Note
  • "Most of the contents of this book first appeared as the author's online column ... on the website of the New York Times," [as 12 installments, Jan. 29 - Dec. 31, 2009] -- T.p. verso.
Contents
January : The inauguration. At last -- February: In love with A. Lincoln -- March : So moved -- April : May it please the Court -- May : At ease -- June : Time wastes too fast -- July : Can do -- August : "I lift my lamp beside the golden door" -- September : For goodness' sake -- October : E. pluribus unum -- November : Back to the land -- December : By George [Washington].
ISBN
  • 1594202672
  • 9781594202674
LCCN
  • 2011281852
  • 99948535779
OCLC
  • ocn535490508
  • 535490508
  • SCSB-5637763
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries