Lincoln’s Sense of Humor (Concise Lincoln Library)

Winner, Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize, 2018Winner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2018Abraham Lincoln was the first president to make storytelling, jokes, and laughter tools of the office, and his natural sense of humor has become legendary. Lincoln’s Sense of Humor registers the variety, complexity of purpose, and ethical dimension of Lincoln’s humor and pinpoints the political risks Lincoln ran in telling jokes while the ...

By Richard Carwardine
Series: Concise Lincoln Library
Hardcover: 184 pages
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (October 23, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809336146
ISBN-13: 978-0809336142
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 8 inches
Amazon Rank: 645635
Format: PDF Text djvu book

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An excellent deep dive into Lincoln's use of humor. Part of the Concise Lincoln Library series produced by Southern Illinois University Press, this book is jam-packed with information despite its brevity. Noted historian Richard Carwardine examines i

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