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RICHARD CARWARDINE Lincoln’s Sense of Humor — edited by richard w. etulain and sylvia frank rodrigue Richard Carwardine Lincoln’s Sense of Humor Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press www.siupress.com Copyright © 2017 by Richard Carwardine All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 20 19 18 17 4 3 2 1 The Concise Lincoln Library has been made possible in part through a generous donation by the Leland E. and LaRita R. Boren Trust. Volumes in this series have been published with support from the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, dedicated to perpetuating and expand- ing Lincoln’s vision for America and completing America’s unfinished work. Jacket illustration adapted from a painting by Wendy Allen Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Carwardine, Richard, author. Title: Lincoln’s sense of humor / Richard Carwardine. Description: Carbondale : Southern Illinois Univer- sity Press, 2017. | Series: Concise Lincoln Library | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017007441 | ISBN 9780809336142 (hardback) | ISBN 9780809336159 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865— Humor. | American wit and humor. | BISAC: history / United States / Civil War Period (1850– 1877). | biography & autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State. | humor / Topic / Political. Classification: LCC E457.2 .C355 2017 | DDC 973.7092—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017007441 Printed on recycled paper. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper) To John Walsh Contents Introduction 1 1 The Face and Phases of Lincoln’s Humor 7 2 Sources, Species, Subjects 36 3 A Just Laughter and the Moral Springs of Lincoln’s Humor 67 4 Purposes, Functions, Effects 86 Epilogue 131 Acknowledgments 137 Notes 139 Bibliography 153 Index 161 Gallery of illustrations beginning on page 123 vii lincoln’s sense of humor

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Winner, Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize, 2018 Abraham Lincoln was the first president to make storytelling, jokes, and laughter tools of the office, and his natural sense of humor has become legendary. Lincoln’s Sense of Humor registers the variety, complexity of purpose, and ethical dimensio
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