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Highlights the life of the man who was President during the Civil War.
Author : Richard Hanser
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 1965
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Highlights the life of the man who was President during the Civil War.
Author : Richard Hanser
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781019359228
Get to know one of America's most beloved presidents in this charming and accessible biography of Abraham Lincoln. Perfect for middle-grade readers with an interest in history, this engaging narrative combines vivid storytelling with relevant historical context. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Louis Bayard
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1616209437
“A miracle; an exquisite story exquisitely told . . . If you love Jane Austen, or Hamilton, or fiction—of any era—that transports and transforms in equal measure, look no further.” —A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a young, marriageable Mary Todd and Lincoln’s best friend, Joshua Speed. When sparky and independent Mary Todd arrives in Springfield, Illinois, in the 1840s to live with her sister, who is determined to find Mary a husband, she is astonished to find herself drawn to an awkward, melancholic lawyer with a gift for oratory. The two share ambition, an obsession with politics—and a need to be suitably married off. Always at Lincoln’s side, however, is the charming Joshua Speed, a shopkeeper who became his mentor in society, loyal friend, roommate—and possible lover. Told in alternating chapters from the points of view of Todd and Speed, this witty, psychologically astute, and brilliantly plotted novel follows the threesome during Todd and Lincoln’s tumultuous courtship, with all the suspense and delight of the best Jane Austen novels. Historians have long speculated that Lincoln and Speed had a romantic relationship, and here Bayard explores that forbidden possibility with deep empathy. Rich with both period detail and contemporary insight, Courting Mr. Lincoln offers smart storytelling at the highest level.
Author : Richard Hanser
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780243386994
Excerpt from Meet Mr. Lincoln: The Extraordinary Document That Relives the Immortal President's Years of Crisis, in Words and Pictures About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Barbara Cary
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0307786943
This warmly told biography of our sixteenth president is enriched by many authentic but seldom told anecdotes and complemented by bold color illustrations that capture the spirit of Lincoln and his era.
Author : Mark S. Reinhart
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 31,54 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786452617
"Following a general history of Lincoln film and television portrayals, each work has an individual entry detailing cast, production and release information and discussing the work's historical accuracy and artistic merits. The book is illustrated with photographs of Lincoln actors, dating from the earliest days"--Provided by publisher.
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Page : 2 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 1959
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Author : Ida M. Tarbell
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Page : 454 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 1900
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Author : Gary Ecelbarger
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,32 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1429933852
In the fall of 1858, Abraham Lincoln looked to be anything but destined for greatness. Just shy of his fiftieth birthday, Lincoln was wallowing in the depths of despair following his loss to Stephen Douglas in the 1858 senatorial campaign and was taking stock in his life. The author takes us on a journey with Abraham Lincoln from the last weeks of 1858 until the end of May in 1860, on the road to his unlikely Republication presidential nomination. In tracing Lincoln's steps from city to city, from one public appearance to the next along the campaign trail, we see the future president shape and polish his public persona. Although he had accounted himself well in the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, the man from Springfield, Illinois, he was nevertheless seen as the darkest of dark horses for the highest office in the land. Upon hearing Lincoln speak, one contemporary said, "I will not say he reminded me of Satan, but he certainly was the ungodliest figure I had ever seen." The reader sees how this "ungodliest" of figures shrewdly spun his platform to crowds far and wide and, in doing so, became a public celebrity on par with any throughout the land. This is a story teeming with drama and intrigue about an event that no one could fathom occurring today...yet it absolutely happened in with America seven score and eight years ago, when Lincoln, the man, took his first steps on the way toward becoming Abraham Lincoln, the legendary leader and most respected president of American history.
Author : Jean Fritz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0448401703
The true story of President Lincoln and the Gettysburg address.