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100	1		_aHarris, Leon A.
245	1	4	_aThe 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 / _cby Leon A. Harris.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bE. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., _c1964.
300			_a288 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aWith hard- and supercover
504			_aBibliography: pp. 277-279; index: pp. 280-288
505	0		_aCont.: 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:
651		4	_aGreat Britain _xPolitics and government _xHumor
651		4	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _xHumor
650	1	4	_aEnglish wit and humor _xHistory and criticism
650	1	4	_aAmerican wit and humor _xHistory and criticism
650	1	4	_aPolitics and literature _zEnglish-speaking countries
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