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"Lincoln's Humor" and Other Essays

Michael Burlingame

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"If I did not laugh occasionally I should die," Lincoln is said to have told his cabinet, "and you need this medicine as much as I do." Now in paperback, this volume gathers the best unpublished and uncollected work on Lincoln by Benjamin P. Thomas, widely regarded as the greatest Lincoln historian of his generation. This diverse collection is enhanced by an introduction by Michael Burlingame, himself a leading biographer of Lincoln, who provides a balanced portrait of Thomas and his circuitous path toward writing history.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Release: February 27, 2006

ISBN: 0252073401

ISBN 13: 9780252073403

"Lincoln's Humor" and Other Essays

Michael Burlingame

4/5 ( ratings)

"If I did not laugh occasionally I should die," Lincoln is said to have told his cabinet, "and you need this medicine as much as I do." Now in paperback, this volume gathers the best unpublished and uncollected work on Lincoln by Benjamin P. Thomas, widely regarded as the greatest Lincoln historian of his generation. This diverse collection is enhanced by an introduction by Michael Burlingame, himself a leading biographer of Lincoln, who provides a balanced portrait of Thomas and his circuitous path toward writing history.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Release: February 27, 2006

ISBN: 0252073401

ISBN 13: 9780252073403

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