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Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
106 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Holzer, a Lincoln enthusiast with several books to his credit, pulls together a collection of writings beginning with rhymes in the margins of young Abe's arithmetic book and ending with official and unofficial words from the presidential years. The introduction offers a brief look at Lincoln's life as a man who valued the power of words. Each excerpt is offered with an introduction of its own, providing readers with a historical perspective, and...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
<32> p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
The words of President Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address are as relevant and meaningful today as they were in 1863. This magnificent book is a stunning exploration of some of the most powerful words ever spoken in American history.
Author
Language
English
Description
A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations.
At once familiar and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically...
Author
Language
English
Description
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the...
Author
Series
Time twisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade Abraham Lincoln to play his part in history after one too many comments about history being boring cause him to go on strike.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, thirteen-year-old Ana Ferreira lands a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hostess duties borne by the wife of a rising political star. Ana bears witness to the evolution of Lincoln's views on equality and the Union and observes in full complexity the psyche of his bold, polarizing wife, Mary. Along with her African American friend Cal, Ana encounters...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows Lincoln from his childhood to the presidency, including the Civil War and his legendary Gettysburg Address.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Young Readers Group, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. In this new board book format, the very youngest readers can learn about one of America's icons in the series's signature lively, conversational style. The short text focuses on drawing inspiration from these iconic heroes, and includes an interactive element and factual tidbits that young...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history—how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly harrowing battles. President Abraham Lincoln's generous terms for Robert E. Lee's surrender are devised to fulfill Lincoln's dream of healing a divided nation, with the former Confederates allowed to reintegrate into American...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
English
Description
Biography of one of the most famous and recognizable American presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Covers the president's humble beginnings, his career as a lawyer, his marriage and family life, and his presidency during the Civil War.
16) The address
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the challenges faced by students at a Vermont school as they memorize the Gettysburg Address.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through a review of their family and political ideologies, presents a look at two brothers who stood on opposing sides during the Civil War and how one, John Wilkes Booth, became the infamous assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political acumen of Abraham Lincoln via sixteen encounters before and during his presidency, bringing to light not only the strategy of a great politician who inherited a country divided, but lessons for our own disorderly present ... The man who went on to become the sixteenth president of the United States has assumed many roles in our historical consciousness,...
19) The conspirator
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Depicts events in Washington after Abraham Lincoln's assassination as seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on President Lincoln Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. The...
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