Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
- ISBN-10
- 0670019968
- ISBN-13
- 9780670019960
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 379
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Michael Davis
Description
Traces the story of the landmark children's television show, from its origins at a dinner party by co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney and the creative achievements of Jim Henson to the Nixon administration's efforts to stop its funding and the advent of Elmo.
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