America (The Book)

America (The Book)
A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
AuthorJon Stewart
Ben Karlin
David Javerbaum
with
Samantha Bee
Rich Blomquist
Steve Bodow
Tim Carvell
Stephen Colbert
Rob Corddry
Eric Drysdale
Ed Helms
Chris Regan
Brendan Hay
LanguageEnglish
GenreHumor
PublisherWarner Books
Publication date
September 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Pages227
ISBN0-446-53268-1
OCLC56479080
818/.5407 22
LC ClassPN6231.P6 S84 2004
Followed byAmerica (the Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 
America (the Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
AuthorJon Stewart
Ben Karlin
David Javerbaum
with
Samantha Bee
Rich Blomquist
Steve Bodow
Tim Carvell
Stephen Colbert
Rob Corddry
Eric Drysdale
Ed Helms
Chris Regan
Brendan Hay
Stanley K. Schultz
LanguageEnglish
GenreHumor
PublisherWarner Books
Publication date
September 2006
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeTrade paperback
Pages227
ISBN0-446-69186-0
Preceded byAmerica (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 
Followed byEarth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race 

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004 humor book written by Jon Stewart and other writers of The Daily Show that parodies and satirizes American politics and worldview.[1] It has won several awards, and generated some controversy.

An updated trade paperback edition was published in 2006 as a "Teacher's Edition", with updated coverage of the Supreme Court Justices (including Samuel Alito and John Roberts, who were appointed after the 2004 book's publication), and fact checking by Stanley K. Schultz, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,[2] with red marks and remarks appearing throughout, correcting the satirical "mistakes" (and a few honest errors) of the original edition.

  1. ^ Carson, Tom (October 3, 2004). "'America (The Book)': Last Comic Standing". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Stanley Schultz with America: The Book". University of Wisconsin–Madison. 2006. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012.