- Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
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Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! 
Author(s) Dr. Seuss Country United States Language English Genre(s) Children's literature Publisher Random House Publication date August 12, 1972 Media type Print (Hardcover and paperback) ISBN 0394824903 OCLC Number 314222 Dewey Decimal [E] LC Classification PZ8.3.G276 Mar Preceded by The Lorax Followed by Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (ISBN 0-394-82490-3) is a children's book by Dr. Seuss. Written as a book for early beginning readers, it is suitable for children who can not yet read at the level of more advanced beginning books such as The Cat in the Hat. The book presents in short and funny fashion, Dr. Seuss's nonsensical words, rhymes, and illustrations. The gist of the book is that Marvin K. Mooney -- ostensibly a young child whose bedtime has come -- is asked to Go in many ways.
However, two years later, when Seuss was challenged by political columnist Art Buchwald for never having written a political book, Seuss took a copy of the book and crossed out "Marvin K. Mooney" and wrote in "Richard M. Nixon." Buchwald was so delighted that with Seuss's consent he printed the text as his column for July 30, 1974.[1] Nixon resigned ten days later on August 9th.
Some of Seuss's other work contained narrative close to that of other political situations of the time. For instance, The Butter Battle Book is an allegory for the Cold War.
In Maureen Dowd's column for the New York Times, 'Wilting Over Waffles,' dated April 23, 2008, she suggests that Democrats in the 2008 presidential election might take a cue from this book in their approach to Hillary Clinton's prolonged campaign against Barack Obama, asking her to 'Just go. I don't care how.'
Even more recently, MEP Daniel Hannan quoted the book in reference to Gordon Brown after the 2009 EU elections. [2]
During the protests that led to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, various parody versions of the book appeared on the Internet as "Hosni Mubarak Will You Please Go Now". [3]
References
- ^ Buchwald, Art (July 30, 1974). "Richard M. Nixon Will You Please Go Now!". The Washington Post: p. B01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041901099.html. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ , http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8088541.stm
- ^ , http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/11/942855/-Hosni-Mubarak-WIll-You-Please-Go-Now!
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