Abraham Lincoln's Humor

Abraham Lincoln's HumorToday we think of Abraham Lincoln as America's greatest President. He's celebrated for his leadership and his numerous moving speeches, and for helping the nation through the dark time of the Civil War and out of slavery. Not as widely known was Lincoln's talent for humor and storytelling, and this collection shares many of his jokes and parables. Lincoln used homespun whimsy effectively as a traveling lawyer and later as a tool that helped him

along with his droll asides on American character and customs

The hilarious "Such Women Are" proves the world is never without a sufficiency of fools

custom made clothing

dredging operations

Soviet editions were used to obtain versions as authentic as possible

These eight works have been arranged as follows in this volume: Quintet in E-flat Major

For these contributions

elderly father

Miloradovich has found an intriguing tale for each of the hundreds of herbs and spices she discusses — from bitter unblanched celery to delicious roots of love parsley

power doctors who use charms

and his three sets of variations — on themes by Mozart and Handel — are perennial favorites of chamber-music programs as well

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