Edible Secrets : A Food Tour of Classified US History

Hoerger, Michael; Partlow, Mia

ISBN 10: 1934620416 / ISBN 13: 9781934620410

Published by Microcosm Publishing, 2010

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Synopsis:

What do top-secret CIA assassination plots, Black Panther arrests, and Reaganomics have in common? Food, of course! Michael Hoerger and Mia Partlow collect, contextualize and graphically narrate declassified government documents with food as a theme! Over 500,000 declassified memos, debriefings and transcripts were combed to uncover some of the most important and iconic people and narratives from US history. Providing a voyeuristic insight into the US government, these documents are like reality TV for politicos and foodies: Assassinations by milkshake, subliminal popcorn cravings, Reagan's love of hydroponics, and what could be Fred Hampton's most radical action--giving ice cream to small children. Illustrated throughout by Nate Powell.

About the Author: Michael Hoerger is a freelance graphic designer and independent researcher. Mia Partlow is a writer who works in radio. They are the authors of The Curious Case of the Communist Jell-o Box and Edible Secrets. Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. His work includes March, the graphic novel autobiography of Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis; Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, and The Year Of The Beasts. His work has received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, an Eisner Award, two Ignatz Awards, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels For Teens selections, and has been nominated for a total of eight Eisner Awards, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a Glyph Comics Award. In 2011, Powell discussed his work at the United Nations alongside some of the world's foremost writers of young adult fiction. He lives in Bloomington, IN where he plays in a punk band.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Edible Secrets : A Food Tour of Classified ...
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Nate Powell
Condition: good