lincoln, abraham

Traces the life of Abraham Lincoln from his humble upbringing through his years in the White House. Emphasizes his many accomplishments in office, including the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and the end of slavery.

A history professor has discovered something valuable amid the dust at Somerville s tiny museum. It s a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his boyhood friend. Some townspeople want to sell it, and soon they start squabbling about what to do with the money. Somerville s young sleuths decide to get involved before the letter can be sold or stolen.

Abraham Lincoln has long been admired for his leadership, honesty, and eloquence. But despite his somber reputation, the sixteenth president was quite funny. With an uncanny ability to mimic others and an irresistible midwestern twang, Lincoln, in fact, could be downright hilarious.

Abraham Lincoln's success as a politician was rooted in experience in the courtroom. Despite a presidency plagued with moral and legal crises, this self-taught prairie lawyer deftly led the nation by relying on the core principles he honed in his early career: honestly, self-discipline, and a powerful sense of social responsibility. Aspiring and practicing lawyers alike often looked to Lincoln for guidance and his hard-won wisdom is as relevant today as ever.

A young girl is curious about Abraham Lincoln and visits a library, museum and his memorial in Washington, DC to learn about the life of the nation's sixteenth president.

Presents an account of the Gettysburg Address and the events that led up to the historic speech, and includes six related activities.

'The Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in America' introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln's famous document that helped end slavery in the United States.

Text and illustrations look at the lives of United States presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

Follows Abraham Lincoln from his childhood to the presidency, showing how he spoke up about fairness and eventually led the country to abolish slavery.