The Humorous Mr. Lincoln

The Humorous Mr. Lincoln
Author: Keith Warren Jennison
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1965
Genre: Presidents
ISBN: 9780517094433

In The Humorous Mr. Lincoln, Keith W. Jennison has gathered together the choice jokes, witticisms, retorts, and wry comments from the vast library of writing by and about Lincoln. It is a unique record of authentic Americana, filled with delightful cartoons, drawings, and campaign posters of the period.

Abraham Lincoln Joke Book

Abraham Lincoln Joke Book
Author: Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1965
Genre: Wit and humor
ISBN: 9780394810799

Here are the wit and wisdom of a great American, more than sixty jokes and humorous stories told by and about Abraham Lincoln. He used humor to prove a point, to help answer questions, or to cheer up people around him--P. 1.

Lincoln's Sense of Humor

Lincoln's Sense of Humor
Author: Richard Carwardine
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0809336146

"Abraham Lincoln was the first president consistently to make storytelling and laughter tools of office. This book shows how his uses of humor evolved to fit changing personal circumstances, and explores its versatility, range of expressions, and multiple sources"--

Abe Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter

Abe Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter
Author: Paul M. Zall
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781572335851

Abraham Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter, a substantial revision of P. M. Zall's 1982 classic, Abe Lincoln Laughing, consists of stories, jokes, and anecdotes on a wide range of topics by and about Abraham Lincoln before and after he became president. Establishing which tales are authentic and which are frauds and delusions, Abraham Lincoln's Legacy of Laughter includes stories derived from Lincoln's writings and speeches; writings by others up to April 1865; post-Civil War writings by those who knew him; and writings by others about Lincoln in later decades, including a sample from the twentieth century. Within each group, entries are arranged in the order they appeared in print. The volume contains notes, a bibliography, an index of the entries by section, and a subject index.

Lincoln Tells a Joke

Lincoln Tells a Joke
Author: Kathleen Krull
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547487924

Poor Abraham Lincoln! His life was hardly fun at all. A country torn in two by war, citizens who didn’t like him as president, a homely appearance—what could there possibly be to laugh about? And yet he did laugh. Lincoln wasn’t just one of our greatest presidents. He was a comic storyteller and a person who could lighten a grim situation with a clever quip. This unusual biography of Lincoln highlights his life and presidency, focusing on what made his sense of humor so distinctive—and so necessary to surviving his tough life and times.