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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The President's Desk : An Alt-History of the United States
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'Built from the hull of the British HMS Resolute, as a gift from Queen Victoria, The President's desk - aka the Resolute Desk - has occupied the Oval Office of the White House for some time now. Since 1880 it has seen much action from the Presidents who have sat behind it and made historical, worldchanging decisions. Now Shaun Micallef takes us inside the Oval Office, and, in a highly entertaining romp through American history, introduces us to the men who have sat at the desk.

'Micallef's exploration of the widely varying personalities and traits of America's presidents, paints a wonderfully alternative history of the US through an outrageous, absurdist re-imagining of their lives. Readers will delight in The President's Desk and it's enormous number of references to real people, places, events and culture embedded in the text amongst Shaun's very entertaining comic storytelling style. As Shaun says "The President's Desk is a history of America for people who can't be bothered with accuracy". ' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hardie Grant Books , 2014 .
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      Extent: 272p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st October 2014
      ISBN: 9781742707877
    • Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hardie Grant Books , 2015 .
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      Extent: xviii, 249 pp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 November 2011
      ISBN: 9781743790830

Works about this Work

The Desk Job Baz Blakeney , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 November 2014; (p. 19)

'Shaun Micallef's bent on Americal history is 'smirkable'...'

The Desk Job Baz Blakeney , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 November 2014; (p. 19)

'Shaun Micallef's bent on Americal history is 'smirkable'...'

Last amended 19 Jan 2016 12:08:52
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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