Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country)
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...
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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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152066390 (015206639X)
Publish date: April 1st 2010
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Biography,
History,
Juvenile,
Politics,
American History,
Biography Memoir,
Picture Books,
Presidents
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