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How was Thomas Nast's career?
As artist for The Illustrated London News, Thomas Nast's cartoons and articles about the Garibaldi military campaign to unify Italy captured the popular imagination in the U.S.
What else happened that is important regarding Thomas Nast's career besides working as an artist for The Illustrated London News?
Thomas Nast left the New York Illustrated News to work again, briefly, for Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. In 1862, he became a staff illustrator for Harper's Weekly.
Was Thomas Nast popular?
One of Thomas Nast's most celebrated cartoons was Compromise with the South (1864), directed against those in the North who opposed the prosecution of the American Civil War.

Question: Did many people read Compromise wth the South?
Self-contained rewrite: Did many people read Compromise wth the South by Thomas Nast?