What Grandpa Laughed At Author:Homer Croy Quoting from the introduction: — In a way, the history of this country could be told by its jokes. I suspect the well--known man from Mars could take a volume of our jokes and pretty well tell what we were thinking and doing during certain periods. He would see us waging war with Spain, he would see the short skirt come in... this rocked the co... more »untry almost as much as the war. He would see the Suffragettes marching, he would see Carry A. Nation whacking away, he would hear about the Full Dinner Pail, he would hear the rattle of a Ford. Motion pictures would appear; Charlie Chaplin would shuffle in....« less