TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Leon A. TI - The fine art of political wit: being 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 PY - 1964/// CY - New York PB - E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. KW - English wit and humor KW - History and criticism KW - American wit and humor KW - Politics and literature KW - English-speaking countries KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and government KW - Humor KW - United States N1 - With hard- and supercover; Bibliography: pp. 277-279; index: pp. 280-288; Cont.: ch. 1. Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- ch. 2. Benjamin Franklin -- ch. 3. John Randolph of Roanoke and some contemporaries -- ch. 4. Benjamin Disraeli -- ch. 5. Abraham Lincoln -- ch. 6. David Lloyd George -- ch. 7. Franklin Roosevelt's dog -- ch. 8. Winston Churchill -- ch. 9. Aneurin Bevan -- ch. 10. The wit of politicians -British versus American -- ch. 11. Adlai Stevenson -- ch. 12. John F. Kennedy. Abstract ER -