The Weans

Year for Search
1960
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Annotation

Satire on U.S. history. Archeologists from Africa arrive in North America far in the future and discover the remains of what they consider a primitive civilization, which they utterly misunderstand.

Pagination
61 pp.
Published Date

1960

Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place Published
New York
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1960 Nathan, Robert [Gruntal] (1894-1985). The Weans. Illus. New York: Albert A. Knopf. 61 pp. Some material appeared originally in different form as “Digging the Weans.” Illus. N. M. Bodecker. Harper’s Magazine 213.1278 (November 1956): 46-49. https://harpers.org/archive/1956/11/digging-the-weans/ and “A Further Report on the Weans.” Illus. N. M. Bodecker. Harper’s Magazine 218.1303 (April 1959); 34-36. https://harpers.org/archive/1959/04/a-further-report-on-the-weans/ The illustrations in the book are different from the one’s in Harpers

Satire on U.S. history. Archeologists from Africa arrive in North America far in the future and discover the remains of what they consider a primitive civilization, which they utterly misunderstand.

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Some material appeared originally in different form as “Digging the Weans.” Illus. N. M. Bodecker. Harper’s Magazine 213.1278 (November 1956): 46-49. https://harpers.org/archive/1956/11/digging-the-weans/ and “A Further Report on the Weans.” Illus. N. M. Bodecker. Harper’s Magazine 218.1303 (April 1959); 34-36. https://harpers.org/archive/1959/04/a-further-report-on-the-weans/ The illustrations in the book are different from the one’s in Harpers

Illustration

Illus. The illustrations in the book are different from the one’s in Harpers

Author Note

(1894-1985)

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