Animal Gardens or Zoos Around the World

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Hiking and driving guide to over 70 waterfalls in New York State's Catskill Mountains, Shawangunk Mountains, and vicinity, with detailed directions, historical & anecdotal information, maps, and vintage postcard illustrations. Waterfall adventures for every level of ability from roadside views to wilderness treks and kayak paddles.

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Very Helpfull.......2005-10-23

A very good book that helped me discover some great places in the Catskills. Thanks to this book I was able to take some great photographs. The book is well written and gives directions, history, and advice to finding the waterfalls.

AMC's Best Day Hikes in the Catskills and Hudson Valley: Four-Season Guide to 60 of the Best Trails from New York City to Albany (Appalachian Mountain Club)

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You'll want to try them all!
The premier guide for anyone planning an excursion in New York's Catskills and Hudson Valley country!

AMC's Best Day Hikes in the Catskills and Hudson Valley: Four-Season Guide to 60 of the Best Trails from New York City to Albany (Appalachian Mountain Club)
Peter Kick
Manufacturer: Appalachian Mountain Club Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1929173849

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With more than 600 miles of trails within just a few hours of New York City, the Catskills and the Hudson River Valley are a hiker's paradise, boasting varied and scenic terrain from Westchester County to Albany. This new guide from the experts at the Appalachian Mountain Club leads beginner and experienced hikers alike along sixty of the region's most spectacular trails, from short family nature walks to day-long hikes that reward with magnificent views. Each trip description includes a detailed map and a summary of the trip time, distance, and difficulty, plus an icon indicating whether the trail is also good for snowshoeing or cross-country. The guide includes appendices packed with snowshoe treks, rock climbing in the Gunks, and other opportunities for outdoor adventure in the region, making this guide an essential four-season reference for locals and visitors alike.

Special features include:
>Fifty day hikes for all ability levels, ranging from two to eight miles long
>Detailed and accurate trail descriptions
>Locator map and "At-A-Glance" highlights chart for easy trip comparison and planning
>Hiking and safety tips
>Detailed maps showing parking areas, trails, and natural highlights
>Nature Notes about prominent species, and unique natural features of each hike
>Photographs of plant and animal life reflecting each trip's hidden wonders

Customer Reviews:

You'll want to try them all!.......2007-10-18

We are not expert hikers, but we got around fine using this guidebook. We knew we wanted to go hiking during our B&B weekend in the Hudson Valley, but wanted to try somewhere other than Mohonk Mountain (which is very nice, and covered in the book, but we've done it a few times). We took his suggestion and rode out to Stissing Mountain. It was so worth it! Between the directions in the book and help from our GPS, we were able to find the trailhead. Climbing to the top was a little intense, but we were rewarded with amazing views from the firetower, just as promised! We can't wait to go back for more hikes!

The premier guide for anyone planning an excursion in New York's Catskills and Hudson Valley country!.......2006-08-09

There are more than 600 miles of hiking trails in the Catskill mountains and the Hudson Valley, locales that are within just a few hours of New York City. "AMC's Best Day Hikes In The Catskills & Hudson Valley" is a practical "day trip" guide to varied and scenic terrains that range from Westchester County to Albany, showcasing sixty of the most scenic and spectacular of these trails which suited for anything from short family nature walks to day-long hikes with magnificent views. Each individual trail trip includes a detailed map and a summary of the trip time, distance, and difficultly. An icon indicates whether the trail is also good for snowshoeing or cross-country skiing in the winter, making "AMC's Best Day Hikes In The Catskills & Hudson Valley" an all weather, all-season reference of value for both local residents and vacationing visitors. Enhanced with hiking and safety tips, advice for hiking with children, an 'At-a-Glance Trip Planner' for finding the best hikes suited to the reader's aspirations and limitations, "AMC's Best Day Hikes In The Catskills & Hudson Valley" is the premier guide for anyone planning an excursion in New York's Catskills and Hudson Valley country!

The Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide (Explorer's Guides)

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The Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide (Explorer's Guides)
Joanne Michaels , Mary-Margaret Barile , and Mary Barile
Manufacturer: Countryman Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0881503630

The Best of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide, Fourth Edition (Explorer's Guides)

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For anyone looking forward to enjoying their vacations

The Best of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide, Fourth Edition (Explorer's Guides)
Joanne Michaels , and Mary-Margaret Barile
Manufacturer: Countryman Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Hunter Travel Guides Catskills: Alive! (The Catskills Alive!)

ASIN: 0881504904

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This wide-ranging guide recommends the best restaurants, inns, and attractions in New York's historic Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains. The Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains are rich with history, natural beauty, and cultural diversity. Within easy reach of New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia, the area is also one of the northeast's fastest-growing vacation and second-home destinations. Quaint villages, small wineries, and pick-your-own farms coexist with acclaimed restaurants and world-class hiking, rock climbing, and fly-fishing. Travelers, transplants, and locals alike will value this fascinating region's most comprehensive, authoritative guide. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to include new restaurants, inns, and attractions. Handy icons point out child-friendly establishments and detailed maps help you find your way around. And like all Explorer's Guides, The Best of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains has been independently researched by the authors, and accepts no payment for inclusion. An independently researched guide; no paid listings.40 black & white photographs, 12 maps, index.

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For anyone looking forward to enjoying their vacations.......2002-02-06

Now in a fully updated and expanded fourth edition, Joanne Michaels and Mary-Margaret Barile's The Best Of The Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains is a comprehensive, fact-filled and extremely practical guide to vacationing and travel in these wondrous New York enclaves of cultural diversity. Chapters include in-depth coverage on getting there, family activities, the best places to stay or eat, selective shopping and special events. The Best Of The Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains is a first-rate compendium for anyone looking forward to enjoying their vacations and travels in the picturesque Hudson Valley or the Catskill Mountains.

Catskill Mountain House Trail Guide: In the Footsteps of the Hudson River School

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Catskill Mountain House Trail Guide: In the Footsteps of the Hudson River School
Robert A. Gildersleeve
Manufacturer: Black Dome Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1883789451

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A modern-day trail guide--complete with GPS locations, newly drawn maps, and modern trail descriptions--to the 19th century trails, viewpoints, and famous locations surrounding the Catskill Mountain House (est. 1823). These were America's first recreational mountain trails, frequented by the Hudson River School painters, Romantic-era writers, and America's pioneering landscape architects. Includes reprints from two classic 19th c. Catskill guidebooks.

Catskill Mountain Guide (Appalachian Mountain Club)

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Best Catskill hiking book out there
Cult classic
Okay... could be more specific.
Excellent guide!
VERY USE FULL GUIDE

Catskill Mountain Guide (Appalachian Mountain Club)
Peter Kick
Manufacturer: Appalachian Mountain Club Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1929173164

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This detailed guide provides complete coverage of more than 300 miles of trails in the beautiful Catskill Mountains.

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Best Catskill hiking book out there.......2007-04-06

Very good variety of hikes from easy to rough! Used for some hikes already, and if very accurate. Replaced my older guide from about 1987.

Catskills are a great place to hike. Not that far from New York City, yet not crowded at all.

Cult classic.......2006-01-19

This book is devoid of BS and purple prose and some people will need more hand holding, for sure. this is a trail guide written for the more "advanced" hiking crowd--those who need TLC may be better off with a purfumey regional guide that tells you where all the good capuccino joints are. This is the best guide out there--and tho it has a little tweaking to do, it will be the cult classic for the next 20 years. Trust me. :)

Okay... could be more specific........2005-10-06

This is really not to bad of a book. The map is helpful especially when driving to locate trailheads!!. I've been up two of the trails and they were fairly correct on the distance and time required. I think the author could have been more specific in his directions as to how to use the book (ie whether the distances and times are one way or round trip). He seems like he is speaking to someone who has been in the region and not to someone like me who is used to the type of hiking on the west coast. I also needed the map to figure out what he was talking about most of the time. I wouldn't complain if there were a few pictures.

In summation... a solid effort but I've read better.

Excellent guide! .......2005-10-04

This is an excellent guide with a great selection of trails and a handy topographical map with all the details necessary for planning and guiding you through the area.

VERY USE FULL GUIDE.......2005-09-30

We visit Castkill Mountain more than ones and this guide have everything you need to planning your hikes in this region. The map, the sharp description of the trails and the recommendation are very use full for experts as for the beginners. Today we have other supports for the map like Tyvek............ may be next edition?

Adrian

The Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide: Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany, Sixth Edition (Explorer's Guides)

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Hudson Valley, Saratoga Springs
Ranks among the best travel guides

The Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide: Includes Saratoga Springs & Albany, Sixth Edition (Explorer's Guides)
Joanne Michaels
Manufacturer: Countryman
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0881507725

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Recommended by the New York Times, this is the "insider's guide" to the Hudson Valley and Catskills, including the best of Saratoga Springs and Albany.R

Rich with historical and cultural attractions, the Hudson Valley and Catskills region is also a burgeoning mecca for travelers seeking outdoor adventure and family fun; five-star dining and the best American cuisine using the freshest locally grown produce; luxurious resorts, cozy bed & breakfasts and inns; as well as galleries, antiques shops, wineries, farm stands, hiking and bike trails, and places to kayak and canoe. With detailed maps and hundreds of honest reviews of accommodations, eateries and activities to appeal to independent travelers and those seeking value for money, this guide casts a wide net to cull the best this dynamic region has to offer. 13 maps, 75 black & white photographs, index.

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Hudson Valley, Saratoga Springs.......2007-03-23

Bought this first for Saratoga Springs where my daughter attends college. Best that I have found browsing booksellers. Not the greatest travel book but the best available. Best feature is that it is comprehensive for small towns and locations all the way up the Hudson. Quite valuable in looking for stores or eating places in Newburgh, Nanuet, and small towns off the NY Thruway. Indeed, I lost the first copy of the book I bought and purchased a replacement from Amazon.

Ranks among the best travel guides .......2006-11-13

This is a thoroughly enjoyable guide book. It was invaluable in helping us plan and enjoy our week in the Hudson Valley. It is so well written and the descriptions of restaurants, attractions and inns are so personal that it inspired us throughout our trip. We enjoyed our tour of the Hudson infinitely more because of the heartfelt enthusiasm that came through from the book's writer.

Good Fishing in the Catskills: A Complete Angler's Guide (Backcountry Guides)

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Good Fishing in the Catskills: A Complete Angler's Guide (Backcountry Guides)
Jim Capossela
Manufacturer: Backcountry Guides
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0881505080

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A newly revised and updated guide to a classic fly fishing destination. This newly revised and updated guide to a classic fly fishing destination gives anglers the information they need to: • Fish legendary rivers like the Esopus, Beaver Kill, Neversink, Schoharie, and Willowemoc • Discover many lesser-known streams, with light fishing pressure and plentiful native brookies and other trout • Explore the cold, deep mountain reservoirs—Pepacton, Cannonsville, Schoharie, Neversink, Ashokan, and Rondout—with their miles of undeveloped shorelines and remarkable trophy fish • Fish the Delaware by canoe and find shad in season, as well as trout, bass, and walleye Dozens of maps and local hatch charts provide essential data for the region. 30 black and white photographs, 28 maps, index.

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The Catskills: A Geological Guide
Robert Titus
Manufacturer: Purple Mountain Press, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1930098626

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Dr. Robert Titus has revised and enlarged his guide to the geology of New York State's Catskill Mountains for this thrid edition. Written for the layperson, the book explores the 400 million years of geological history hidden in the region's rocks and landscapes. Here are stories of continental collisions, lost mountain ranges, and primitive fossil creatures in an ancient sea. Most of all it is the story of the land of Gilboa, literally a land that time has forgotten.

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The story of a year among animals

The Good Year
Era Zistel
Manufacturer: J.N. Townsend Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1880158116

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The story of a year among animals.......2005-02-23

The author details her life in the woods of upstate New York for a year, living with racoons, chipmunks, a dog, several cats, and some goats. In particular, the raising of two baby racoons is detailed, along with many descriptions of the personality of each animal. Zistel is an observant author, and clearly loves animals - which comes through in her warm, affectionate rememberances of the ones she shared her life with. This book was not quite as good as Good Companions by Zistel (which features some of the same animals), but certainly it's worthwhile if you're an animal lover looking for an interesting read. However, this is a true story, not a feel good one, so beware that some of the animals meet tragic ends - that said, however, there is no graphic violence to be concerned about. The story of Gretel, an orphaned raccoon who spent her entire life with the author, is particularly enjoyable.

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Not as good as it sounds

For Anyone Who Dreams of The Perfect Wedding

Wedding Sanity Savers

Best Wedding Book Out There

Planning a wedding can be fun!

Wedding Sanity Savers: How to Handle the Stickiest Dilemmas, Scrapes, and Questions that Arise on the Road to Your Perfect Day
Dale Dr Atkins , and Annie Gilbar
Manufacturer: Broadway
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ASIN: 0767918746
Release Date: 2005-06-07

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As a bride, you worry about finding the perfect dress, choosing the location for the reception, and keeping your wedding expenses within a certain budget. But beyond the straight ABCs of planning a wedding lie the more personal, emotional issues that can threaten to unravel your perfect day: jealous friends, bratty bridesmaids, complicated extended families, and pre-wedding jitters. Thankfully, help is here! From wedding and relationship experts Dr. Dale Atkins and Annie Gilbar comes Wedding Sanity Savers —the ultimate troubleshooting guide for the sticky situations that arise on the road to happily ever after.

From the day you get engaged until the day you say “I do,” Wedding Sanity Savers provides fresh, frank advice that you won’t find in other wedding books. With over 300 Q&As from real brides that tackle issues including body image, friends and exes, divorced parents, in-laws, merging religions and cultures, money questions, planning mishaps, sticking up for yourself, and more, Wedding Sanity Savers gives you the strategies you need to make tough decisions, finesse difficult scenarios, stay true to yourself, and keep smiling throughout it all.

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Not as good as it sounds.......2006-04-29

Instead of buying this book, I went to the library to check it out and after reading the other reviews, I was very disappointed. This book has little to do with "sanity saving" it's mostly just letters of unique situations written to the author of this book. He replies with common sense advice and even sometimes advice that "beats around the bush" (indirect advice). For the average healthy bride I recommend reading the book by the Knot (don't remember what it is called but it has "The Knot" in the title). I also got that at the library and it has absolutely everything! No need to get another book. It offers real "sanity saving" advice and some real life stories for all situations. But if I have to say something positive about the other book, it does have a cute cover... but thats about it.

For Anyone Who Dreams of The Perfect Wedding.......2005-09-23

Wedding Sanity Savers is the perfect antidote to the highs and lows of planning a wedding -- no more worries, be happy! Wedding Sanity Savers anticipates for you any and all situations that may arise and gracefully takes you through solutions with common sense, practical advice that allievates anxiety, makes you smile, and teaches you how to get the most joy out of your wedding day. I recommend Dr Atkins book to brides, grooms, parents of the bride, siblings of the bride and groom,grandparents, bridesmaids, bestmen, ushers, and clergy. In fact, anyone involved in planning or participating in a wedding can benefit from the sound advice of Dr. Dale Atkins.

Wedding Sanity Savers.......2005-08-09

"Wedding Sanity Savers" is a must read for anybody who is planning a wedding or needs an engagement or shower gift. I've read it and am recommending it all new brides who need to get through everything from pre-wedding jitters to dealing with divorced parents, money and those testy bridesmaids. In fact, last week I saw Dr. Atkins, one of the co-authors, on the Today show talking about in-laws. I wish this book had been around when I was getting married!

Best Wedding Book Out There.......2005-07-29

This book should be required reading for anyone involved in a wedding - brides, grooms, parents, wedding parties - just everyone! Hearing others' stories and the expert advice that Dr. Atkins has for them is beyond helpful. After reading the book, which is a page-turner by the way, I feel like I'm equipped to handle any wedding situation that comes my way. If you know a stressed out bride - overnight her a copy ASAP!

Planning a wedding can be fun!.......2005-07-19

Before you even think about planning a wedding you MUST READ this book. Not only does it address all the uncomfortable questions/issues, it also brings to light the ones you didn't even know to ask.

It takes the ZILLA out of being a BRIDE . . . and it makes the perfect gift for friends when they get engaged!

Dr. Dale and Ms. Gilbar - THANK YOU compiling such a helpful manual.

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When Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, and other Bay Area misfits first started producing "underground" comics in the '60s, they were considered to be highly innovative in their use of frank sexual themes. However, some 10 to 15 years before they commenced their explicit, often offensive cartoons, another genre of pornographic graphics was dying out, the so-called "Tijuana Bibles" (or sometimes "Cuban Bibles," "French Bibles," etc.). Simon & Schuster has released a collection of these antique obscenities that often featured famous political, show business, or cartoon figures having more fun than mainstream censors would have allowed. The introduction, by comic book apologist and New Yorker comics editor Art Spiegelman, is an amusing and sarcastic look at the history of this lost medium, with some interesting reflections on the genre, noting that "Though there are bound to be those who will loudly declaim that the Tijuana Bibles demean women, I think it important to note that they demean everyone ... it's what cartoons do best." While the reprinted comic strips are often amusing in being laughingly bad, the historical essays and asides by editor Bob Adelman provide fascinating historical context. A sociology of mid-century sexual mores and the love/hate relationship that Americans have with their celebrities is evinced by the combination of reprint and commentary.

Book Description

ABOVEGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME!

As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the Tijuana Bibles, underground comic art form the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s devoted to making sexual mockery of every sacred cow in the pasture. Folk art with a subversive edge, the Bibles are unveiled here with a hundred life-size reproductions.

Customer Reviews:

Not so hot.......2004-07-19

One reviewer correctly compared these to the "dirty pictures" most people saw in junior high school. This is an accurate description. Most of this stuff is not that funny or particularly erotic. In fact, it gets dull pretty fast. The cartoons with Amos & Andy, Laurel & Hardy, Hitler, and Mahatma Gandhi (that one must be seen to be believed), and a minstrel-like Joe Louis are interesting largely for historical reasons. But the takeoffs (no pun intended) on Betty Boop, Lil Abner, Popeye, etc. are surprisingly flat, considering the unexplored comic possibilities (though the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck segment is good for a few laughs). Be warned though, some of this stuff (especially in the last chapter) is really gross even by modern standards, so proceed with caution. Overall, it's more of a curiousity piece more than anything else.

Tijuana Bibles (Wr. by Bob Adelman).......2002-05-20

From the 1930's through the 1950's, small eight page underground comics were distributed all over the United States. They were crudely drawn, even more crudely written, and usually involved popular icons of the day engaged in sexual acts, accompanied with some very blue humor in the form of dirty jokes and puns.

These were called Tijuana Bibles, and also known as Eight-Pagers, Two-by-Fours, Gray-Backs, Bluesies, Jo-Jo Books, Tillie-and-Mac Books, Jiggs-and-Maggie Books, and F**k Books, this according to introduction writer Art Spiegelman.

Author Bob Adelman has collected dozens of these rare bits of cartoon history and republished them here, adding a commentary by Richard Merkin, and putting these into a quasi-historical and sociological context.

Ever wonder what Popeye looked like while having sex? What about Donald Duck and Minnie Mouse talking dirty while going at it? What did Cary Grant and Alger Hiss look like during gay love? All of this and more are here.

This book does a better job of reprinting the Tijuana Bibles than anything, but reading a bunch of them in a row gets very tedious. The introduction warns against this, as well. The drawings are often very crude, and the humor is very old, since their prime era was in the 1930's. Also, all but a few of the artists were anonymous, and the printings were not done in the exotic locales of Havana, Tijuana, or London (as the little booklets claimed), but probably in some basement with a mob type watching over the production.

This is not just a book of dirty pictures, but a very interesting look at what the author calls early sex education. While body parts are rather exaggerated, young men could look at these in the days before government and school sponsored sex ed and have a vague idea of what to do.

If you have any of these dirty little books around, then hold on to them, they are rare. If you have this overview of the history of Tijuana Bibles around, keep it away from the kids, unless they are curious about the sex life of Dick Tracy or Dagwood Bumstead. I recommend this thin book to anyone who claims to be a fan of underground comics, or erotic art and cartoons.

Of archival interest.......2000-12-29

...Interesting academically, perhaps, or as a cultural artifact, but if you're a fan of erotic cartoons and are after genuine wit or bawdy humor, try something closer in time to the present, such as Dark Horse Comic's new edition of "Little Annie Fanny: Vol. 1." These cartoons are mostly like the scribbles you passed around in grade school, and their erotic impact is lost, nearly a century later.

Crude, but educational and great fun!.......2000-02-24

I quite agree with the 6/10/99 customer review from Melbourne, Australia. This interestingly packaged (and heavily illustrated) collection will alternately amuse and offend most everyone. While some of the art is decent (or even good), much of it is crude but somehow apropos to the subject. The packaging is very good, and the book's price is a bargain for what you get. I'm 50 and didn't even know these "Tijuana Bibles" existed until I stumbled across this book. Very educational as well as entertaining. I first bought a copy last summer and enjoyed it so much I bought another for a friend, who enjoyed it as much as I did.

Lewd and crude, but very funny!.......1999-06-11

This collection of satiric and pornographic cartoons will alternately amuse and offend people everywhere. Nothing and no-one is sacred. Some of the strips are beautifully drawn and funny, some are crude and downright witless and others (note the strips believed to be those of Wesley Morse) are both witty and erotic. If nothing else, this collection serves as a potent reminder that sex, in all its permutations and manifestations, has been around for a lot longer than some people care to admit!

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