lincoln, abraham

A biography of the President who led the country through the stormy years of the Civil War.

Follows the life of America's sixteenth president, with an emphasis on his personal life and early career as lawyer, lawmaker, and abolitionist.

Traces the life of the frontier clerk, storekeeper, lawyer, politician, and Civil War President.

A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States whose term of office was served during the Civil War.

A biography of Abraham Lincoln showing how the backwoods boy became President.

Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Discusses the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the capture of the conspirators, the trial, and its outcome.

Briefly discusses Lincoln's role in American history and describes the planning and building of the monument dedicated to his memory in 1922.

Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.

Presents a graphic novel that recounts the conspiracy by John Wilkes Booth and other Confederate sympathizers to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, the capture of the conspirators and death of Booth, and the funeral procession and entombment of the President in Springfield, Illinois.