Mark Twain wrote: "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." Consider yourself blessed a thousand-fold with the new compilation Great American Humor by Gerd de Ley.

Great American Humor collects 1000 wise and witty jokes, clever sayings and smart one-liners from well-known American humorists, actors, comedians, politicians, and personalities into a terrific volume guaranteed to generate laughs.

Great American Humor features quips and quotes from well-known figures such as Mark Twain, Steve Martin, Bette Midler, Milton Berle, Ellen DeGeneres, Rodney Dangerfield, Robin Williams, Mae West, Mitch Hedberg, Joan Rivers, George Carlin, and the list goes on.

Carefully researched and culled for maximum guffaws, Great American Humor captures the unique spirit of American wit and features more than enough jokes, puns and riddles to have everyone laughing.

Great American Humor is a collection of witty and funny quotes and one-liners from a wide selection of famous and not-so-famous Americans. Great American Humor collects 1000 of the best and wittiest remarks, quotes and one-liners said or written by well-known American writers, actors, comedians, politicians, and personalities. Among the hundreds of contributors included are Mark Twain, Bette Midler, Lewis Grizzard, Dave Barry, P.J. O'Rourke, Dorothy Parker, Phyllis Diller, Robert Frost, Milton Berle and many, many others. The book will be divided into sections: • Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Laughter • Laughter and the American Lexicon • We Hold These Laughs to be Self-Evident • The Laws of Laughter • With Laughs and Wit for All<

"I had a chance to review a copy of this book. It's funny, easy to read, and makes a great gift. Readers can flip through just a few pages at a time, chuckling at the wry wit or laugh-out-loud comments and definitions. My father-in-law and father both enjoyed it as well!" -- Motherhood Moment