Great Presidential Wit A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations

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ISBN
9780743215275
Book Title
Great Presidential Wit (... I Wish I Was in the Book) : A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations
Publisher
Scribner
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
2002
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Bob Dole
Genre
Political Science, Humor
Topic
Topic / Politics, Topic / History, General
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0743215273
ISBN-13
9780743215275
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1926502

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Book Title
Great Presidential Wit (... I Wish I Was in the Book) : A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Topic / Politics, Topic / History, General
Genre
Political Science, Humor
Author
Bob Dole
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Publishers Weekly Dole sets out to show that the most respected, fondly remembered and effectual presidents have been endowed with a funny bone, debunking the notion of the necessarily solemn face of leadership., Larry KingBob Dole has one of the most humorous minds, not only of any politician I've ever known, but of any person I have ever known., Chris Lehman The Washington Post Dole's lighthearted anthology brings us a timely reminder that the divide between comedy and statesmanship is blessedly narrow., Larry King Bob Dole has one of the most humorous minds, not only of any politician I've ever known, but of any person I have ever known., Publishers WeeklyDole sets out to show that the most respected, fondly remembered and effectual presidents have been endowed with a funny bone, debunking the notion of the necessarily solemn face of leadership., Chris LehmanThe Washington PostDole's lighthearted anthology brings us a timely reminder that the divide between comedy and statesmanship is blessedly narrow.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
973/.09/9
Table Of Content
CONTENTS Introduction: Backbones and Funny Bones A CLASS BY THEMSELVES Abraham Lincoln Ronald Reagan Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt YANKEE WITS Calvin Coolidge John F. Kennedy PLAIN SPEAKER, TALL TALES, AND A POKER FACE Harry Truman Lyndon B. Johnson Herbert Hoover CLASSROOM HUMORISTS Woodrow Wilson James Garfield FUNNIER THAN THE AVERAGE PRESIDENT George Bush William Howard Taft John Adams George Washington Thomas Jefferson Bill Clinton AND YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE DULL Dwight Eisenhower Gerald Ford Rutherford B. Hayes William McKinley Jimmy Carter STICK-IN-THE-MUD Ulysses Grant James Monroe Richard Nixon John Tyler Andrew Jackson Chester Arthur John Quincy Adams Andrew Johnson James Madison Grover Cleveland James K. Polk THE JOKE'S ON THEM Zachary Taylor Warren G. Harding Martin Van Buren James Buchanan William Henry Harrison Franklin Pierce Benjamin Harrison Millard Fillmore WAITING IN THE WINGS George W. Bush Al Gore
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Famous for his deadpan humor,New York Timesbestselling author Senator Bob Dole here brings us his favorite witticisms and hilarious remarks of this country's commanders in chief.Great Presidential Witcollects the former senator's favorite funny stories and remarks by and about American presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush. Senator Dole tackles the assignment of ranking the presidents from the funniest (Abraham Lincoln) to the least funny (Millard Fillmore), and everyone in between. With chapters cleverly organized according to the senator's own opinions -- from "A Class by Themselves" (Lincoln, Reagan, the Roosevelts) and "Yankee Wits" (Coolidge, Kennedy) to "The Joke's on Them" (Taylor, Harding, Van Buren, Buchanan, the Harrisons, Pierce, Fillmore) --Great Presidential Witis the perfect antidote to the long political season and a patriotic reminder that our leaders are human and often witty and amusing., Famous for his deadpan humor, New York Times bestselling author Senator Bob Dole here brings us his favorite witticisms and hilarious remarks of this country's commanders in chief. Great Presidential Wit collects the former senator's favorite funny stories and remarks by and about American presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush. Senator Dole tackles the assignment of ranking the presidents from the funniest (Abraham Lincoln) to the least funny (Millard Fillmore), and everyone in between. With chapters cleverly organized according to the senator's own opinions -- from "A Class by Themselves" (Lincoln, Reagan, the Roosevelts) and "Yankee Wits" (Coolidge, Kennedy) to "The Joke's on Them" (Taylor, Harding, Van Buren, Buchanan, the Harrisons, Pierce, Fillmore) -- Great Presidential Wit is the perfect antidote to the long political season and a patriotic reminder that our leaders are human and often witty and amusing.

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