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• ix • I L L U S T R A T I O N S 1. Artemus Ward’s “Interview with President Lincoln” 35 2. Mark Twain as “The American Lion of St. Mark’s” 47 3. Will Rogers in Ziegfeld’s Follies 64 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt with Will Rogers 83 5. John F. Kennedy at a 1962 news conference 131 6. Vaughn Meader in performance as Kennedy 131 7. Pat Paulsen during his 1968 run for president 176 8. Gerald Ford jokes with the press 198 9. Chevy Chase with Gerald Ford 199 ...

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