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Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
c1991
Description
For someone who claimed he had been educated by "littles"-a little now and a little then-Abraham Lincoln displayed a remarkable facility in his use of the written word. The simple yet memorable eloquence of his speeches, proclamations and personal correspondence is recorded here in a representative collection of 16 documents. This volume contains, complete and unabridged, the Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838), which...
Author
Series
Conservative leadership volume 13
Publisher
Regnery
Pub. Date
©2003
Description
The Civil War is the defining event in American history, and Abraham Lincoln is the central figure of both the Civil War and American history. In his struggle to preserve the Union and redeem the nation from the original sin of slavery, Lincoln provided the most compelling expression of the American Dream and the preeminent justification of the American regime. Indeed, at Gettysburg he distilled the very essence of the nation's political creed. His...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"The first full-color facsimile edition of Lincoln's private notes, Abraham Lincoln's Diary is a deluxe collection of some of his most revelatory private writings. An essential archive, here presented exactly as Lincoln wrote them on scraps of paper, these "notes to self" appear alongside original, contextualizing essays by New York Times bestselling presidential biographer Ronald C. White. A deeply private man, closed off to even those who worked...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address—an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in February 1860, the Cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincoln's suitability for the presidency and reassured conservatives of his moderation while reaffirming his opposition...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and pa. He traced letters in sand, snow, and dust. He borrowed books and walked miles to bring them back. When he grew up, he became the sixteenth president of the United States. His name was Abraham Lincoln. He loved books. They changed his life. He changed the world.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Conceived as a one-year anniversary newspaper edition of Lincoln's assassination, this brilliant, beautiful, and bold biographical portrait of Abraham Lincoln mimics 19th-century newsprint, combining pen and ink drawings with archival photography, and period typography with articles surveying Lincoln's life.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Examines the historical context and motivations which led to Abraham Lincoln's speech dedicating the Gettysburg cemetery to the fallen soldiers in the Civil War battle of Gettysburg.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and...
17) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Series
Publisher
Wanderer
Pub. Date
c1987
Description
Examines the life of the lawyer who became America's sixteenth president and served during the Civil War.
19) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1986
Description
A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States whose term of office was served during the Civil War.
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