Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/007242390/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 39 of
39
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "George Washington laughing? That the venerable Father of Our Country, the austere and unfailingly honest leader of historical record and legend, had a penchant for tall tales and crafty quips seems unthinkable to most Americans, even today. In The Wit & Wisdom of the Founding Fathers, historian and scholar Paul Zall shatters the sober image of American icons George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin to reveal - and celebrate - their natural. Bent for incisive, spirited humor. With ample quotes from personal correspondence and private memoirs, Zall peers behind the staid and serious facade of our first three presidents and demonstrates how each strove to suppress his sense of mirth to maintain a dignified public reputation. By lifting the curtain on our Founding Fathers as they engage in practical jokes and regale friends with humorous stories, Zall opens a window on their personalities otherwise obscured by. Our preconceptions of them as larger-than-life historical figures. While Franklin's humor and wisdom is legendary thanks to his authorship of Poor Richard's Almanac, readers will be surprised to learn that Washington had a penchant for biting sarcasm; that Adams engaged in direct, colloquial, even vulgar, humor; and that Jefferson, our most cerebral president, enjoyed laughing at the absurdity of his own situation as leader of the nation.".
- catalog alternative "Wit and wisdom of the founding fathers".
- catalog contributor b10005772.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1775-1783 Quotations, maxims, etc.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1783-1809 Quotations, maxims, etc.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government To 1775 Quotations, maxims, etc.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Bent for incisive, spirited humor. With ample quotes from personal correspondence and private memoirs, Zall peers behind the staid and serious facade of our first three presidents and demonstrates how each strove to suppress his sense of mirth to maintain a dignified public reputation. By lifting the curtain on our Founding Fathers as they engage in practical jokes and regale friends with humorous stories, Zall opens a window on their personalities otherwise obscured by.".
- catalog description "George Washington laughing? That the venerable Father of Our Country, the austere and unfailingly honest leader of historical record and legend, had a penchant for tall tales and crafty quips seems unthinkable to most Americans, even today. In The Wit & Wisdom of the Founding Fathers, historian and scholar Paul Zall shatters the sober image of American icons George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin to reveal - and celebrate - their natural.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Our preconceptions of them as larger-than-life historical figures. While Franklin's humor and wisdom is legendary thanks to his authorship of Poor Richard's Almanac, readers will be surprised to learn that Washington had a penchant for biting sarcasm; that Adams engaged in direct, colloquial, even vulgar, humor; and that Jefferson, our most cerebral president, enjoyed laughing at the absurdity of his own situation as leader of the nation.".
- catalog extent "xix, 171 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Wit & wisdom of the founding fathers.".
- catalog identifier "0880014954".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wit & wisdom of the founding fathers.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hopewell, N.J. : ECCO Press,".
- catalog relation "Wit & wisdom of the founding fathers.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1775-1783 Quotations, maxims, etc.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1783-1809 Quotations, maxims, etc.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government To 1775 Quotations, maxims, etc.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.4/099 20".
- catalog subject "Adams, John, 1735-1826 Quotations.".
- catalog subject "E302.5 .W8 1996".
- catalog subject "Founding Fathers of the United States Quotations.".
- catalog subject "Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Quotations.".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Quotations.".
- catalog subject "Quotations, American.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen United States Quotations.".
- catalog subject "Washington, George, 1732-1799 Quotations.".
- catalog title "Wit & wisdom of the founding fathers : Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson / selected and edited by Paul M. Zall ; introduction by Roy Blount, Jr.".
- catalog title "Wit and wisdom of the founding fathers".
- catalog type "text".