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"Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories; a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller,

Authors:: McClure, Alexander K.
Item ID:: 71200908401921; 71200908401922; 71200908401923
Publisher:: Philadelphia : Henry Neil, 1901.
Call Number:: E457.99 .M15 1901
Physical Description:: A-B, xi-xviii, [4], 65-512 p. : col. front., illus., ports. (part col.) ; 25 cm.
Topic:: Presidents -- United States -- Anecdotes.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anecdotes.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Humor.
Note:: Illustrated with one hundred original outline drawings by special artists of scenes and characters in Lincoln's stories, and fifty photograph portraits of the famous men of Lincoln's time and their biographies.--T.p.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Lincoln copies 1 and 2: Bound in cloth, with color portrait and engraved design and lettering in gold on front cover and spine; frontispiece.; Lincoln copy 2: Portrait of the author before p. 65 torn out and taped in after frontispiece.; Lincoln copy 3: Bound in cloth, with engraved portrait, design, and lettering on front cover; gold lettering on spine; frontispiece.
OCLC Number:: ocm12752759
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
Category:: Books & Pamphlets