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Chris Lehman The Washington Post Dole's lighthearted anthology brings us a timely reminder that the divide between comedy and statesmanship is blessedly narrow.

Larry King Bob Dole has one of the most humorous minds, not only of any politician I've ever known, but of any person I have ever known.

Publishers Weekly Dole sets out to show that the most respected, fondly remembered and effectual presidents have been endowed with a funny bone, debunking the notion of the necessarily solemn face of leadership.

CONTENTS
Introduction: Backbones and Funny Bones
A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
YANKEE WITS

Calvin Coolidge
John F. Kennedy
PLAIN SPEAKER, TALL TALES, AND A POKER FACE

Harry Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Herbert Hoover
CLASSROOM HUMORISTS

Woodrow Wilson
James Garfield
FUNNIER THAN THE AVERAGE PRESIDENT

George Bush
William Howard Taft
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Bill Clinton
AND YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE DULL

Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
Jimmy Carter
STICK-IN-THE-MUD

Ulysses Grant
James Monroe
Richard Nixon
John Tyler
Andrew Jackson
Chester Arthur
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Johnson
James Madison
Grover Cleveland
James K. Polk
THE JOKE'S ON THEM

Zachary Taylor
Warren G. Harding
Martin Van Buren
James Buchanan
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Pierce
Benjamin Harrison
Millard Fillmore
WAITING IN THE WINGS
George W. Bush
Al Gore

Famous for his deadpan humor, New York Times bestselling author Senator Bob Dole here brings us his favorite witticisms and hilarious remarks of this country's commanders in chief. Great Presidential Wit collects the former senator's favorite funny stories and remarks by and about American presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush. Senator Dole tackles the assignment of ranking the presidents from the funniest (Abraham Lincoln) to the least funny (Millard Fillmore), and everyone in between. With chapters cleverly organized according to the senator's own opinions -- from "A Class by Themselves" (Lincoln, Reagan, the Roosevelts) and "Yankee Wits" (Coolidge, Kennedy) to "The Joke's on Them" (Taylor, Harding, Van Buren, Buchanan, the Harrisons, Pierce, Fillmore) -- Great Presidential Wit is the perfect antidote to the long political season and a patriotic reminder that our leaders are human and often witty and amusing.