"I'm fascinated by the way in which we create archetypes in order to serve a purpose, only for them to take on lives of their own, like Frankenstein's Monster. It's generally accepted that there were conspiracies underpinning a series of political assassinations in the 1960s that fundamentally changed the trajectory of global politics in an oligarchical direction. Such conspiracies were fictionalized through the creation of the lone gunman myth – the shooter who has no clear motive other than their social alienation.

I drew every picture of Lee Harvey Oswald available on Google Images except for that of his murder. He existed as a person in the public eye for three days. These twenty-six drawings are a selection of them."

— Jeremy Lawson

The book's title borrows from Hillary Clinton's 1996 children's book of the same name, whose title was loosely drawn from African or Native American proverbs about communal obligations in child-rearing. Clinton's book was written during one of the most pronounced periods of the privatisation of the public sphere in modern society, a process that contemporary observers note has only accelerated the conditions for societal breakdown.

Jeremy Lawson (b. 1980, Warren, PA) is an artist living and working in New York City. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in 2003, and an MFA from Hunter College in 2021. Most recently, his work has been exhibited at CFHILL, Stockholm (2022); Harper's, New York (2022); Hauser & Wirth, New York (2021); studio e gallery, Seattle (2021); and Kristen Lorello, New York (2019).