Abraham Lincoln Joke Book [Paperback]

Beatrice Schenk De Regniers (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; 4th edition (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590309684
• ISBN-13: 978-0590309684
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, January 30, 2007

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Dwight (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abraham Lincoln Joke Book (Paperback)

This may have been my first Lincoln book. It's not so much a joke book as a collection of anecdotes that show the charm and humor of Abraham Lincoln.

5.0 out of 5 stars Jokes by the Pres. for Kids, December 30, 2011

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This review is from: Abraham Lincoln Joke Book (Paperback)

My husband bought a copy of this book about 40 years ago for our young daughter who loved reading all about presidents. This book was one of her favorites and she still treasures it. Our 3rd grade grandson (her nephew) has also developed a real interest in American Presidents, so we found this copy of that long-time favorite book for him on Amazon (reasonably priced!). He opened it Christmas and loves it.

5.0 out of 5 stars The strength of Lincoln is demonstrated in the jokes he told, November 7, 2011

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This review is from: The Abraham Lincoln joke book (Hardcover)

I first read this book when I encountered it in the library at my elementary school. To a young boy, it was quite amusing and it also taught me some history of the man consistently ranked as the greatest American president. Lincoln was a humble man that constantly expressed his opinion of himself as ungainly and homely in appearance. A great deal of his humor was self-deprecating in nature, something that only accented his fundamental strength.

As I read the book decades later my thought was that you can learn a lot about a person from the jokes they tell. If the jokes have a bitter tone and primarily ridicule others, then that person is generally petty and weak. The jokes that Lincoln told about himself were a verbal demonstration of the strength that he exhibited when he, more than anyone else, preserved the union at great cost.