Abe Lincoln's Yarns and Stories by Colonel Alexander K. McClure

US$50.00

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1901. Henry Neil. Illustrated.

A complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller. Includes an introduction and anecdotes by Colonel Alexander K McClure of the Philadelpha Times and a personal friend and adviser of the Story Telling President.

The Story of Lincoln's life told by himself in his stories with Wit and Humor of the war, the courts, the backwoods and the White House.

Illustrated with one hundred original outline drawings by special artists of scenes and characters in Lincoln's stories, and fifty photographic portraits of the famous men of Lincoln's time and their biographies.