Our Dumb Century
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Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source is a satirical humor book written by the staff of The Onion and published by Three Rivers Press in 1999. The chief editor of the book was Scott Dikkers, with specific sections edited by Robert D. Siegel, Maria Schneider and John Krewson. It was awarded the 1999 Thurber Prize for American Humor.[1][2]
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Author | The Onion, Scott Dikkers, Mike Loew |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | The Onion |
Subject | Revisionist history |
Genre | Satire |
Published | March 23, 1999 (Three Rivers Press) |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 176 |
Awards | Thurber Prize for American Humor (1999) |
ISBN | 978-0609804612 |
OCLC | 53288090 |
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LC Class | PN6231.N6 O95 1999 |
The book, spun off from The Onion weekly-newspaper format of dryly satirizing current events, features mocked-up newspaper front pages from the entire 20th century, presented as though The Onion had been continuously in print since before 1900. The publication of the book is in itself a parody of other end of the century retrospectives that had been published in 1999, notably Time magazine and The New York Times.