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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leidner, Gordon
Lincoln’s gift : how humor shaped Lincoln’s life and legacy / Gordon Leidner.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
(hard cover : alk. paper) 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Humor. 2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Anecdotes. 3. American wit and humor. I. Title.
E457.2.L45 2015
973.7092—dc23
2014041682
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