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.