I am into this book and thoroughly enjoying it. It seems that I can't get enough of Lincoln, my favorite President. For the first time, I read that Lincoln was a bowler during his term in Congress 1846-48.
For recreation, Lincoln took up bowling with his fellow boarders. Though a clumsy bowler, according to Dr. Busey, Lincoln "played the game with great zest and spirit" and "accepted success and defeat with good nature and humor." When word spread "that he was in the alley there would assemble numbers of people to witness the fun which was anticipated by those who knew of his fund of anecdotes and jokes." As ever, his quick wit and droll geniality provided a source of "merriment" for everyone around him.
P. 120
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