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The first reference to Uncle Sam in formal literature (as distinct from newspapers) was in the 1816 allegorical book The Adventures of Uncle Sam, in Search After His Lost Honor. [6] While the figure of Uncle Sam specifically represents the government, the female figure of Columbia represents the United States as
The book was written in English and contains 162 pages. [1] It was republished in 1971 by Liberty House, a division of Gregg Press, in Saddle River, New Jersey . [ 2 ] The book is a satire on the policies leading up to the War of 1812 and the events of that war, modeled after John Arbuthnot 's 1712 The Law is a Bottomless Pit , and his ...
Uncle Sam is a two-part prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in 1997 and featuring the character of the same name. It was written by Steve Darnall with art by Alex Ross .
Uncle Sam is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Based on the national personification of the United States , Uncle Sam , the character first appeared in National Comics #1 (July 1940) and was created by Will Eisner .
The Freedom Fighters is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.The original six characters were the Black Condor, Doll Man, the Human Bomb, the Ray, the Phantom Lady, and Uncle Sam. [1]
Uncle Sam has also developed notoriety for his appearance in military propaganda, popularized by a 1917 World War I recruiting poster by J. M. Flagg. Pages in category "Uncle Sam" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
"The White Man's Burden" was first published in The New York Sun on February 1, 1899 and in The Times (London) on February 4, 1899. [7] On 7 February 1899, during senatorial debate to decide if the US should retain control of the Philippine Islands and the ten million Filipinos conquered from the Spanish Empire, Senator Benjamin Tillman read aloud the first, the fourth, and the fifth stanzas ...
H. Irving Hancock (right) with Katsukuma Higashi. Harrie Irving Hancock (January 16, 1868 – March 12, 1922) was an American chemist and writer, mainly remembered as an author of children's literature and juveniles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and as having written a fictional depiction of a German invasion of the United States.