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Good Grief  Brown! We talk to Dr Blake Ball, author of Charlie Brown's America, The Popular Politics of Peanuts  about the social commentary of the Peanuts.  The security blanket of Linus, the Christmas pageant and Franklin were Charles Schulz's gentle commentary about American society in the last half of the Twentieth Century.  If you are a Peanuts Fan, no matter what age, you will discover some nuggets of interesting facts about Charlie, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Franklin, Snoopy and the rest of the gang.  This charming and well written book  features   Peanuts comic strips, advertisements, and some rarely seen original artwork by Charles Schulz.

You can find the book at Oxford University Press  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/charlie-browns-america-9780190090463?cc=ro&lang=en&

You can find more of Dr Ball's work on his website https://blakescottball.medium.com/