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Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st. pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
Most Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the...
23) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009, c2001
Language
English
Description
Presents a portrait of the former president, including how his love for reading and learning led him to become a lawyer and later run for Congress, and his presidency during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Time twisters volume 1
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
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st paperback ed.
Language
English
Description
A guide to business leadership based on the strategies of Abraham Lincoln focuses on the President's most difficult decisions during the Civil War, offering lessons based on his experiences for today's businessperson.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Foner gives us a life of Lincoln as it intertwined with slavery, the defining issue of the time and the tragic hallmark of American history. The author demonstrates how Lincoln navigated a dynamic political landscape deftly, moving in measured steps, often on a path forged by abolitionists and radicals in his party, and that Lincoln's greatness lay in his capacity for moral and political growth....
28) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 25
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the assassination of President Lincoln at the hands of John Wilkes Booth and details the assassin's escape attempt and ultimate execution.
35) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Author
Publisher
Walker Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Offers a complete portrait of this celebrated president through a review of his childhood upbringing, political views and goals, and historic legacy through an examination of his speeches, including the Gettysburg address, period photographs, personal statements, and more.
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. Abraham Lincoln was president when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions inextricably bound up with money, power, race, identity, and faith. He was hated and hailed, excoriated and revered. In Lincoln we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. At once familiar...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1260L
Language
English
Description
In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.
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