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Issue: The World Around Us #21
Publication Date: May 1960
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Issues: #21 of 36 Issues
Title: The Illustrated Story of American Presidents
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: A Classics Illustrated PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/14/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 25 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Publication corresponds to the U.S. Presidential election of 1960. Interior art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Family of four viewing Presidential images on Mount Rushmore; American flag at right.
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Character(s): Pinocchio; Thumbelina; Goldilocks; the steadfast tin soldier
First Line: The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales
Synopsis: Promo, with order form, for back issues of Classics Illustrated Junior (H.R.N. 563).
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American Presidents

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): George Washington; Andrew Jackson; Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; Woodrow Wilson
Synopsis: Montage of Presidents, with introductory text on the Presidency.
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The Founding Fathers

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): George Washington; Alexander Hamilton; Benjamin Franklin
Synopsis: Washington chairs the Constitutional Convention as it debates and defines the office of the Presidency.
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First in Peace

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): George Washington; Alexander Hamilton; Thomas Jefferson
Synopsis: Washington's early life and Presidency, including debates between Jefferson and Hamilton over the nature of American society and government.
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Disclose Notes: Title taken from Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee's eulogy of Washington: "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."
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Mansion in the Mud

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): John Adams; Abigail Adams
Synopsis: Career of John Adams
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Is This the Fourth?

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Thomas Jefferson; Martha Wayles Jefferson; James Monroe
Synopsis: Jefferson's career, Presidency, and retirement
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Madison and Monroe

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): James Madison; James Monroe
Synopsis: Careers of Madison and Monroe
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Old Man Eloquent

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): John Quincy Adams; John Adams
Synopsis: John Quincy Adams risks his life against the British as a boy, serves in Congress and the White House without pandering to public opinion, and angers many by opposing slavery in Congress.
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Old Hickory

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Andrew Jackson; Rachel Jackson; John C. Calhoun
Synopsis: Andrew Jackson fights the British, defies captors, conducts duels, and defends the Union against nullification.
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Before the Great War

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Martin Van Buren; William Henry Harrison; John Tyler; James Knox Polk; Zachary Taylor; Millard Fillmore; Franklin Pierce; James Buchanan
Synopsis: Brief introductions to eight Presidents.
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The Nation's Wounds

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; William Herndon; Stephen A. Douglas
Synopsis: Lincoln is a successful lawyer and indulgent father who fights politically against the spread of slavery. Elected President, he guides the nation to emancipation and victory, only to be killed by an assassin.
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Disclose Notes: Title taken from one of the national goals as expressed in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: "to bind up the nation's wounds."
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From Johnson to McKinley

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Andrew Johnson; Ulysses Simpson Grant; Rutherford Birchard Hayes; James Abram Garfield; Chester Alan Arthur; Grover Cleveland; Benjamin Harrison; William McKinley
Synopsis: Introductions to eight Presidents.
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The Rough Rider

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Theodore Roosevelt; Kermit Roosevelt
Synopsis: Theodore Roosevelt overcomes youthful sickliness to make a rapid and energetic rise through public service, becoming the youngest President ever. He fights for a Square Deal for all Americans, and remains energetic in retirement.
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From Boom to Bust

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): William Howard Taft; Woodrow Wilson; Warren Gamaliel Harding; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Clark Hoover
Synopsis: Introductions to five Presidents.
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The Nation Asks for Action

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; Theodore Roosevelt; Al Smith
Synopsis: Franklin D. Roosevelt rises in politics but is stymied by polio. He fights back and wins the Presidency, leading his nation through Depression and war only to die at the point of victory.
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The Atomic Age

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Synopsis: Introduction to two Presidents
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Electing the President

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Historical process of selecting a Presidential nominee and running for office.
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: We hope you enjoyed this issue.
Synopsis: suggested reading
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The Asphalt Trap

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Synopsis: Prehistoric animals are trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits
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March Across the Alps

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Character(s): Hannibal
Synopsis: Hannibal leads his forces across the Alps to attack Rome.
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Buried City

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Heinrich Schliemann
Synopsis: The death and rediscovery of Mycenae
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Disclose Notes: archaeology; archeology; Bronze Age; educational; fact; Greece
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The Unlucky Submarine

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Synopsis: Confederate submarine C.S.S. Hunley sinks the U.S.S. Housatonic, but is lost with all hands in the process.
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First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
Synopsis: Promo, with order form, for back issues of Classics Illustrated (H.R.N. 155)
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First Line: Subscribe now! Today!
Synopsis: Promo, with order form, for subscriptions to The World Around Us
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnails of four covers, most partly hidden

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