Manual of Low-Slope Roof Systems

Book Description

For decades, this manual has been the most widely respected guide to designing, constructing, and maintaining low-slope roofing systems.

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Fills a need.......2001-06-18

I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 because it was not large enough. It should have been the next size format, so that the drawings would render better. That said, however, I must recommend this for several reasons: 1, there is a paucity of books on roofing, a mundane subject at best and of interest to few people. However, for those people, not much to choose from. "Low slope roof" is industry parlance for a commercial/industrial roof which will have layers of hot tar and roofing felt, then gravel, placed on a generally flat roof. This book explains it all, from a history of this type of roof, to various materials used, what to watch for, how to write specifications, and problems that might occur in the design or construction phases. 2, for those architects that design or specify roofs, it explains roofing in depth, and helps avoid expensive mistakes that experience alone woould teach.

Although the book is expensive, the information given is worth every penny. Those who will buy this book will know that.

Roofing Book Provides Helpful Information.......2001-01-15

I reviewed this book for research on my own book, "The Roofing and Cladding System Handbook" by Robert N. Reid. It was a helpful book for anyone with a low slope roof and the diagrams and figures provided some really good information on causes of roofing failures in low slope systems and wind loads. The book also provided very good information for roofing asphalt. I acutally reviewed both the early version written in 1982 and this version written in 1996. I felt that this book is a very good book but it is especially helpful for roofing consultants, and others who specialize in roofing construction and problems.

Help for building owners, consultants and architects..........2000-06-30

In the opening chapters the authors identify many roofing industry problems... insufficient owner budgets, over-reliance on warranties, insufficient work inspection, poor design and construction, and lack of maintenance.

Building owners, roofing designers, architects - the types of readers most likely to have an interest in this book - will know the problems first hand. And will appreciate the wealth of information presented. This text:

Identifies and discusses in depth the myriad causes of roof failure; Presents roof design principles in light of current research; Reviews factors that influence roof design; Review the various (generic) roof systems in depth; And offers guidance for specifying and inspecting roofing work.

The writing style is clear and consise, supported with graphs, current survey information, and other technical data.

Readers will be armed with enough information to sort through the information and misinformation published by roof system manufacturers, select the best roof systems for their roof conditions and budgets, develop sound designs, and plow through most procurement and construction obstacles.

Highly recommended.

Book Description

Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Great fun!
Allowing for creativity!
Great fun
A fun book

Painted Rocks

Manufacturer: Klutz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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Turn ordinary rocks into authentic art
Includes: 8 acrylic paints, 1 brush, 5 pairs of googly eyes, and 1 river-smooth rock
64 pages of helpful techniques and inspirations
A Klutz Publication
Size:10.5 x 8.5 inches

ASIN: 1570545294

Product Description

How to turn ordinary rocks into authentic art, using nothing but a wet paintbrush. This book of inspiration comes with everything you need: 8 acrylic paints, 1 brush, 5 pairs of googly eyes, and 1 river-smooth rock, 30 million years in the making. Book contains 64 pages of instructions and ideas. Book Size: 10.5 x 8.5 inches.

Customer Reviews:

Great fun!.......2004-12-26

I used this book as inspiration for a project with the grades 3-5 crafts class I teach at my daughter's school -- it was a LOT of fun! I told the kids it would be the "hardest" project we'd ever work on ;) Instead of using the included paints we used numerous little 2 oz bottles of acrylic paint, which were really inexpensive, more colorful and gave the rocks a wonderful look. While the kids flipped through the book for ideas, the room was filled with lots of "Oh, cool" and "Oooooh!" and "Awesome!" remarks. So many choices, so little time! This was a neat project with great results from the kids. I began several rocks myself and I'm just as hooked! With a virtually endless supply of free or inexpensive "canvas" around and a comparable bounty of ideas, this book can lead you to limitless fun creations. A+

Allowing for creativity!.......2001-11-27

Super choice for a stocking stuffer. Let your child use their imagination. My son loves rocks, and loves art, so this was a number one choice for us. I also reccomend "Pipe Cleaners Gone" and "A Look Inside Dinosaurs".

Great fun.......2001-07-22

This book was used in an art class that my daughter was in. She loved it so much that I am going to order it for us. The truth is I got to paint a rock too, and I am dying to do more. It has great illustrations with lots of ideas.

A fun book.......2000-12-30

I purchased this for my 7 year old granddaughter - we both enjoyed it! The book includes paints and a rock. Instructions include how to mix the paints for different colors and a myriad of examples and inspirations. If the stone you found does not already suggest something, there are many examples of things you can paint: one side says 'Turn me over' the reverse says 'Thank you'. I have found most Klutz books to be easy to follow and lots of fun. Great pictures!

Painted rock creatures (An Early craft book)

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Painted rock creatures (An Early craft book)
Tryntje Lauritzen
Manufacturer: Lerner Publications Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0822508788

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Children Book.......2007-07-26

This book is really a beginner one, pictures are not that good, actually it doesn't have any, just drawings. If you want a children craft book and don't have any idea at all of rock painting, this one is for you. In general it didin't provide any thing that I didn't know.

Lizard and the Painted Rock (Waterford Early Reading Program, Traditonal Tale 3)

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Lizard and the Painted Rock (Waterford Early Reading Program, Traditonal Tale 3)
Elizabeth Lane , and Jim Madsen
Manufacturer: Electronic Education
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Comments on "Salvage archaeology in the Painted Rocks Reservoir, western Arizona" (The Arizona archaeologist)

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Comments on "Salvage archaeology in the Painted Rocks Reservoir, western Arizona" (The Arizona archaeologist)
Albert H Schroeder
Manufacturer: Arizona Archaeological Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Five Star First Edition Westerns - Painted Rock: Western Stories (Five Star First Edition Westerns)

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Five Star First Edition Westerns - Painted Rock: Western Stories (Five Star First Edition Westerns)
Alan LeMay
Manufacturer: Five Star
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Board book

Book Description

Alan LeMay produced a number of classic Western novels including The Searchers and The Unforgiven, both of which became classic motion pictures. Among the eleven stories included here is "Whack-Ear's Pup," in which a cowboy finds a small puppy abandoned on the plains and brings it back to the Triangle R. When the puppy kills the pet jackrabbit of the owner's daughter, a crisis is precipitated. In "Strange Fellow," drifter Dan Torkaway shows up at the Triangle R looking for work. His only possession is a beautiful black horse but trouble erupts when a stranger rides in intent on killing Torkaway's stallion. "Feud Fight" is a gripping narrative of range wars, a new one that threatens, and one in the past that led to bloodshed. LeMay's stories are written with all the fabulous vitality of the frontier, and he is able to bring to life interesting characters that, once encountered, become unforgettable.

Alan LeMay was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida. He lived most of his life as a rancher in Santee, California.

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Fury At Painted Rock

Manufacturer: Popular Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000EWJJWO

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Fury At Painted Rock
Will Cook
Manufacturer: Gunsmoke Westerns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Westerns | Genre Fiction | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0754082830

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Fury At Painted Rock: A Texas Gunfighter Calls His Shots (Popular Library Paperback)

Manufacturer: Popular Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000BP4ZUA

Product Description

1954, 1955 mass market paperback. Hard to find title. A shorter version of this novel was printed in a western magazine. "A two-fisted yarn of a showdown fight for the grass. Will Cook's best novel to date." Real Magazine

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Guide to Painted Cave
Travis Hudson
Manufacturer: Mcnally & Loftin Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0874610494

Book Description

Combining the aesthetic and the technical, this sourcebook provides the fastest methods of reaching thousands of people with your portfolio of digital images. Photographers and designers who have published their works on CDs and websites offer invaluable creative tips, while art directors and art buyers suggest ways to show, organize, and promote your images for maximum effect.

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Style Over Substance.......2004-03-08

The book has no cohesive message. It doesn't provide any guiding principles or other ideas that help photographers or web designers to build digital porfolios. Too much of the text is spent defining basic terms like JPEG and Photoshop and too little teaching relevant principles of design or any other topic that can further various artists understanding of the subject. Furthermore, nearly 1/3 of the book is spent asking the same five interview questions (how many hits do you get a week, how effective is your website at generating clients,) to a series of photographers, web designers, etc. This would be fine except the questions do not help advance any overarching messages in the book either. They seem to just hang there as an interesting side note. It appears that the author was far more interested in designing a interesting looking book than a interesting learning book. Additionally, the page layout varies so significantly from page to page that readers will find it difficult to maintain focus and follow the point.

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Computer User, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1944 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: A picture perfect system: mastering the fine art of digital asset management.(DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT)
Author: Ken Henningsen
Publication: Computer User (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 24 Issue: 8 Page: 10(2)

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A great way for new parents to figure out what they need

Too general for my purposes

Outstanding!

Fairly good advice, but not the best.

Baby Stuff: A No-Nonsense Shopping Guide to What to Buy, What to Borrow, and What to Avoid -- No Matter What Your Budget
Ari Lipper , and Joanna Lipper
Manufacturer: Marlowe & Company
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ASIN: 1569245274

Book Description

This detailed guide tells prospective parents what they need to buy, need to borrow, and probably don’t need at all in an easy-to-read-and-reference format. Written by an expert in baby retail, who spent years advising and listening to both parents and manufacturers, Baby Stuff names names in sharing an insider’s secrets about which products are safest, most reliable, and most practical for a range of different lifestyles and budgets. Expert Ari Lipper has seen how virtually every baby product works in real life—not just in one family, but in thousands. In fact, Lipper’s careful eye for safety has helped manufacturers make changes in products before problems start. With chapters on everything from Product Safety Regulation to Borrowing for Baby and product sections covering the spectrum from the Layette to Carriages and Strollers to Baby Carriers, Baby Stuff provides the authoritative, calming, and credible expertise every parent craves when approaching this anxiety-ridden process. The book includes a section on safety information and tips on products throughout.

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Keep Looking.......2001-06-09

I purchased this book while I was 16 months pregnant. I'm a college educated woman who didn't know the difference between a crib and a cradle. I figured this book could help. The descriptions of the products were informative and the "must have" and "might want" labels were helpful. The problem I found was that the book didn't really prepare me when I dropped by my local baby store to register. The car seat models, crib models, etc. were old. The baby industry changes rapidly along with the number of recalls. I found the Baby Bargins book (and website) by Denise and Alan Fields a better consumer guide. Baby Stuff helped me decide which items were necessities, while Baby Bargins helped me decide which brands were top rated by both Consumer Reports and real life parents. If you buy this book, be prepared to keep looking for more information.

A great way for new parents to figure out what they need.......2000-10-25

When I was pregnant and trying to figure out how to prepare for the baby and what to buy, this book was a tremendous help to me. My husband and I live in a one bedroom apartment, and my friends and co-workers had been scaring me by constantly telling me that I just couldn't imagine all the things I was going to have to buy and how expensive it was going to be. I kept arguing with them, thinking, how much can a little baby possibly need in the first year? But I realized that I really didn't know, and decided to try to find out. In the process of educating myself I found this wonderful book. Some of the previous reviewers are right that this book lacks the detailed product comparisons that are available elsewhere. If you are looking for lists of different brands with ratings, this book is not for you (and most of it's recommendations of particular products are already out of date). However, it is wonderful if what you are trying to do is figure out how many little onesie outfits to buy, what on earth a "receiving blanket" is and why you need some, how to decide what kind of car seat you need, and what the difference is between one that costs $50 and one that costs $200. The book systematically goes through all of the many things you could buy and lists them as "optional", "might want", or must have" and goes on to explain why this is so. It also breaks things down into three different budget levels ("lotto winner", "lots of money", or "lots of love") and provides estimates of the total cost of everything you will need based on these different budgets. If you are planning for a first baby, this book may be for you.

Too general for my purposes.......2000-06-10

I found this book to be far too general for my purposes. I was looking for much more detailed product reviews. I also found it annoying that Mr. Lipper was so heavily biased toward independent juvenile products stores (e.g. the store he manages in New York). He made himself out to be an expert, given his vast experience in selling baby products to expectant parents. However he doesn't have children of his own, so he has never really tested any of these products in real life experience. Don't bother with this book if you are a first time parent and need the nitty gritty details about baby products. Instead, I'd suggest you buy the book BABY BARGAINS by Denise and Alan Fields. They have two very young children and have actual experience with the products that they list in their book. Also, they are not biased toward any one type of store. They advise parents to shop around. I would rate the Fields book 5 stars and can't give more than 2 stars to Lipper's.

Outstanding!.......1999-10-28

I found this book to be one of the best I've ever read on "baby stuff". I've bought copies for everyone I know. This book is definately worth buying!

Fairly good advice, but not the best........1999-05-16

This book is somewhat helpful to a new mother. However, I found the book, Baby Bargains by Denise & Alan Fields to be more useful.

Stuff and Nonsense (Adventures in Literacy)

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Stuff and Nonsense (Adventures in Literacy)
Pie Corbett
Manufacturer: Chrysalis Education
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1593892233

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Almost Complete --but still a Beauty
'The' bible of information and art from Frost

Stuff and Nonsense
A. B. Frost
Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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An anthology of comics by one of the all-time great illustrators in American history.

This is the first extensive reprinting of stories by the celebrated American illustrator A.B. Frost (1851-1928). Although recognized as one of America's greatest illustrators and painters, he was also a pioneer of the comic strip and a major influence of Winsor McCay (Little Nemo in Slumberland), Fredrick Opper (Happy Hooligan), and many other cartoonists.

Stuff and Nonsense collects the three albums of sequential graphic stories (comics) he published in his lifetime. The book includes a variety of stories that highlight Frost's extraordinary skill at caricature and slapstick humor. "Carlo," for example, is a long tale chronicling the exaggerated devastation that ensues when a bunch of country ragamuffins tie tin cans to the tail of a dog named Carlo. "Deacon Smith Takes a Short Cut Across the Hardguy Golf Links" is the funniest golf sketch since W.C. Field's Golf Specialist. It is remarkable, in fact, how Frost's humor anticipated cinematic slapstick: his work is the graphic equivalent of Arbuckle, Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd. Much of the work is "silent," allowing the pictures to do the heavy lifting with its broad, histrionic strokes, but Stuff and Nonsense also contains over 60 illustrated limericks in the vein of the great Edward Lear, making the book uniquely suited to children as well as adults.

Frost is perhaps best known for the illustrations he provided for Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit books, but over a career of more than 50 years he created innumerable drawings and paintings for such authors as Theodore Roosevelt and magazines such as Harper's Weekly, Scribner's, and Life. He was known for the utterly convincing detail of his illustrations. The poet Robert Frost was a distant cousin.

Customer Reviews:

Almost Complete --but still a Beauty.......2004-08-19

Fantagraphics have done a wonderful job assembling the 1884 edition of STUFF AND NONSENSE in a new and beautifully produced edition...but I have a few quibbles with this volume.

Firstly, this book is NOT the complete STUFF AND NONSENSE of A. B. Frost. Frost printed a second edition in 1888 where he redrew quite a few pages and added some more limericks and illustrations; some were added to replace racist Irish caricatures, but Frost took the opportunity to rework or restage some of the earlier drawings and make them more animated, or in some cases changed the stories completely. There is a completely different ending to THE BALLOONISTS in the 1888 edition (and it is much better than the earlier version.) It would have been great if we could have compared the two versions in the new edition since they reflect Frost's maturation as an artist in the intervening four years.

And while I am delighted to see THE BULL CALF reprinted, I note that Fantagraphics have simply taken the Dover Books edition from 1975 and blown up the images. It would have been better if they had gotten one generation closer to the originals and used a period copy.

Perhaps the alternate 'takes' of Frost drawings can be included in a future edition. This is a must have for any animator or illustration historian.

'The' bible of information and art from Frost.......2004-04-04

A.B. Frost's Stuff And Nonsense provide an intriguing anthology of one of the first to produce 'comics'. Born in 1851, he became a regular short story contributor to Harper's Weekly and other publications, spicing his works with cartoons and illlustrations. Stuff And Nonsense's French/English survey of his life and productions includes paintings as well as caricatures and cartoons, and is 'the' bible of information and art from Frost.

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Michael Dugan 1947
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