Introduction: Abraham Lincoln and the American satiric tradition -- "This reminds me of a little joke": from humor to satire -- "Little big man": modesty and attack in Lincoln's writings and speeches -- The rail-splitter president -- "Abraham Africanus the first": the limits of preemptive self-satire -- "A Hoosier Michael Angelo": the politics of Lincoln's physical appearance in popular media
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index
