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008 720622s1964 nyua b 000 0 eng
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050 00 PN6231.P6|bH36
082 04 827.093
100 1 Harris, Leon A.|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n50023852
245 14 The fine art of political wit :|bbeing a lively guide to
the artistic invective, elegant epithet, and polished
impromptus as well as the gallant and graceful worldly wit
of various British & American politicians from the 18th
century through our own days of grace ; a handbook for
piercing the political epidermis of opponents.
250 [First edition].
264 1 New York :|bDutton,|c1964.
300 288 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-279).
505 00 |gch. 1.|tRichard Brinsley Sheridan --|gch. 2.|tBenjamin
Franklin --|gch. 3.|tJohn Randolph of Roanoke and some
contemporaries --|gch. 4.|tBenjamin Disraeli --|gch. 5.
|tAbraham Lincoln --|gch. 6.|tDavid Lloyd George --|gch.
7.|tFranklin Roosevelt's dog --|gch. 8.|tWinston Churchill
--|gch. 9.|tAneurin Bevan --|gch. 10.|tThe wit of
politicians -British versus American --|gch. 11.|tAdlai
Stevenson --|gch. 12.|tJohn F. Kennedy.
520 Examples from the careers of Sheridan, Franklin, Lincoln,
Churchill, Stevenson, Kennedy, and many others.
530 Also issued online.
650 0 English wit and humor|xHistory and criticism.|0http://
id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103085
650 0 American wit and humor|xHistory and criticism.|0http://
id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101083
650 0 Politics and literature|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/
subjects/sh85104470|zEnglish-speaking countries.|0http://
id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92001094
651 0 Great Britain|xPolitics and government|0http://id.loc.gov/
authorities/subjects/sh85056868|vHumor.|0http://id.loc.gov
/authorities/subjects/sh99001253
651 0 United States|xPolitics and government|vHumor.|0http://
id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100083
655 7 Humor.|2lcgft|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/
gf2014026110
776 08 |iOnline version:|aHarris, Leon A.|tFine art of political
wit.|b[1st ed.]|dNew York : Dutton, 1964|w(OCoLC)573060032
912 .b10921291JOHNC
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