From five points to Frank Leslie's -- Early work and training -- Travel to Europe and Sallie -- Compromise with the South -- Falling in love with Grant -- Tweed --The campaign of 1872 -- Redpath and ...

I’ll bet most fans of editorial cartoons don’t even know who Thomas Nast was. As a young cartoonist in 1990s Iran, I discovered this German-born American genius and found myself captivated. If the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - November 7, 1874. The Third-Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol. The GOP symbol we are now ...

Thomas Nast's illustration "Santa Claus in Camp" made the jolly old elf a friend to the Union cause during the Civil War. (Image published with permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is ...

Those who know U.S. history or the “legend” behind the creation of Santa Claus will recognize the name Thomas Nast. Without going into too much background, Thomas Nast was a German-born American ...

Thomas Nast may be known as “The Father of Modern Political Cartoons,” but history teacher Halloran’s thorough biography of the 19th-century journalist is much more than mere caricature. The author ...