The press department for the Rosenbach Museum refers to Stephen Colbert’s book “I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)” as a “children’s book,” quotations included.
But inside the Philadephia museum, Colbert’s work sits alongside the real stuff.
The institution’s latest acquisition, the manuscript for Colbert’s rhyming story about a pole that discovers its patriotic duty, is now a bona fide part of the museum’s rare books collection, joining works written by Abraham Lincoln and James Joyce.
