The President's Desk. An Alt-History Of The United States

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 249 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Built from the hull of the British HMS Resolute, as a gift from Queen Victoria, The Presidents desk - aka the Resolute Desk - has occupied the Oval Office of the White House for some time now. Since 1880 it has seen much action from the Presidents who have sat behind it and made historical, worldchanging decisions. Now Shaun Micallef takes us inside the Oval Office, and, in a highly entertaining romp through American history, introduces us to the men who have sat at the desk. Micallefs exploration of the widely varying personalities and traits of Americas presidents, paints a wonderfully alternative history of the US through an outrageous, absurdist re-imagining of their lives. Readers will delight in The Presidents Desk and its enormous number of references to real people, places, events and culture embedded in the text amongst Shauns very entertaining comic storytelling style. As Shaun says "The Presidents Desk is a history of America for people who cant be bothered with accuracy".

ISBN: 9781742707877