The American Heretic's Dictionary

by Chaz Bufe

J. R. Swanson (Illustrator)

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This new edition includes over 650 mordant definitions by Bufe—twice as many as in the original edition—and 40 illustrations by San Francisco artist and filmmaker J. R. Swanson. The definitions skewer such targets as religion, the "right to life" movement, capitalism, marxism, the IRS, politicians of all stripes, and common euphemisms, as well as male-female relations and sexual attitudes, something which Bierce, writing in more conservative times, was not free to do. The book concludes with a lengthy appendix of the best 200 definitions from Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary.
  • ISBN10 1937276872
  • ISBN13 9781937276874
  • Publish Date 1 June 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint See Sharp Press
  • Edition Revised & Expanded
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 200
  • Language English