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Lincoln tells a joke : how laughter saved the president (and the country) / Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst.

Krull, Kathleen, (author.). Brewer, Paul, 1950- (Added Author). Innerst, Stacy, (illustrator.). Innerst, Stacy. (Added Author).

Summary:

Focuses on the sixteenth president's sense of humor and its transforming role in a presidency challenged by civil war and unpopularity, in a portrait that also describes Lincoln's talents as a comic storyteller.

Record details

  • ISBN: 015206639X
  • ISBN: 9780152066390
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Boston [Mass.] : Harcourt Children's Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references. Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
860L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.2 0.5 136123.
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Juvenile literature.
Humor in the workplace > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Joking > Juvenile literature.
Joking > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Laughter > Juvenile literature.
Laughter > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Laughter > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Presidents > Juvenile literature.
Presidents > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 26 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library JB LINCOLN (Text) 36015000212148 Juvenile Biography Available -
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