author
Andrew Adderup
A little-known 19th-century compiler, he is remembered for gathering humorous stories about Abraham Lincoln into a lively Civil War-era collection. His work offers a lighter, more anecdotal view of "Uncle Abe" than many formal histories do.
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Lincolniana; Or, The Humors of Uncle Abe
by Andrew Adderup
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm today. The clearest surviving record is his book Lincolniana; Or, The Humors of Uncle Abe, which was published in 1864 and presented as a collection of Lincoln anecdotes and jokes.
The book places him in Springfield, Illinois, in April 1864, suggesting a close connection to Lincoln's home state and to the atmosphere of the Civil War years. Rather than writing a standard biography, he gathered comic sketches, stories, and popular sayings that helped shape Lincoln's folksy public image.
Because reliable modern sources on his life are scarce, he remains a somewhat shadowy figure. What endures is the tone of his work: informal, humorous, and clearly interested in the storytelling side of American history.