Author: AYRES, ALEX (EDITOR)
Title: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln : An a - Z Compendium of Quotes from the Most Eloquent of American Presidents : Meridian Series
Description: Penguin - Meridian, 1992. Ninth Printing. Soft Cover. 222 pages: 5.5 x 8 in.: 1: KB#007264: Book has vertical crease across front cover. Otherwise, covers and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "In this fascinating compendium are the best, funniest and most profound sayings of this most quotable of Chief Executives. From his youth in pioneer Illinois to the embattled White House of the Civil War, Lincoln never lost his capacity for dry humor--or his extraordinary gift of eloquence. Also included are Lincoln's funniest satire on his least favorite general; his well-known repartee in defense of Ulysses S. Grant's drinking; his own comments on the important events of his life; and accounts by contemporaries such as Walt Whitman, Leo Tolstoy, and Oliver Wendell Homes.". Very Good .

Keywords: Humor: : Form: : Anecdotes & Quotations