lincoln, abraham

Presents facts on several aspects of Abraham Lincoln's life, including his youth, his periods as a lawyer and a congressman, and the Emancipation Proclamation, and shows, step-by-step, how to draw related items such as a flatboat, Lincoln's courthouse desk, and his gold pen and box, as well as a Lincoln portrait.

Presents part four of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Abraham Lincoln, which covers the last months of the president's life, from the abolishment of slavery in January of 1865 to the aftermath of his assassination in April.

Traces the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln from their very different childhoods to the White House, providing insights into their public images, their marriage, and the effects of Abe's assassination on the nation, and on Mary's sanity.

Discusses the importance of the Gettysburg Address, provides background information of the document, and includes photographs, illustrations, a chronology, a glossary, and a list of resources.

Presents a discussion of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its importance to the nation, and discusses slavery in America, the Civil War, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, and the Fugitive Slave Law.

Presents an account of how the Civil War transformed the nation's capital into the seat of a forceful central government through the stories of the men and women who were part of the city during the mid-nineteenth century.

A biography of Abraham Lincoln, discussing his childhood in Kentucky through his election as president of the United States during the Civil War.