As the worlds largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from, and all of your purchases are backed by our return. Abraham lincoln and american slavery, recommends donalds book as. It is a gripping account of a lawsuit that changed history. Create a minibook about george washington to celebrate his birthday february 22. One of the earliest publications of lincolns gettysburg address. The title of this book however strange and shocking lays it all out on the line for us. Abraham and mary todd lincoln had four sons, three of whom died before the age of 20.
Abebooks alone has more than 67,000 copies of books with abraham lincoln in the title. By associating slavery with vampires, this book oversimplifies a majorly complex issue, and does a disservice to the countless slaves who suffered at the hands of real. Among her other books are abe lincoln remembers, an ncsscbc notable childrens trade book in the field of social studies, and through moon and stars and night. Vampire hunter presents slavery not just as something historical, but as a way of thinking about the world as an unequal place that continues to this day. Abraham lincoln hodgenville kentucky, 12 februari 1809 washington d.
In 1858, abraham lincoln defeated stephen douglas in the u. From lincoln the unknown to lincoln at gettysburg, from honors voice to abraham lincoln 18091858 2 vols, we can help you find the abraham lincoln books you are looking for. I am abraham lincoln ordinary people change the world. To further complicate matters, another brother to henry and abraham, john peter apparently spelled. Abraham lincoln was one of the gifted vampire hunters of his day, and kept a secret journal about his lifelong war against them. The war years, were later condensed into one volume. The life of abraham lincoln, from his birth to his inauguration as president free ebook project gutenberg. A president remembered immediately captures the readers interest.
Abraham lincoln gave a famous speech at a battlefield in gettysburg. A legacy of freedom 3 considers the obstacles the president had to overcome in developing an effective union army and a cadre of generals to command it. Douglas, 18541861 thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Eric foner, a professor of history at columbia university and author of the fiery trial. Without access to his papers, these early biographers focused on these episodes told of the.
Stephen douglas defeated abraham lincoln for congress in 1858. Six of the top recent books on abraham lincoln american. As sixteenth president of the united states, he guided the nation through the civil war and saw the abolition of slavery. In his acclaimed book lincolns virtues, william lee miller explored abraham lincolns intellectual and moral development. The sharpest glance at this topic comes from foners prodding of lincolns attitude towards race. Rumors of the journals existence have long been a favorite topic among historians and lincoln biographers. What the president understood that the zealous republican reformers. However, overall the story of abraham lincoln is a good summarization and. This meticulously edited collection contains a pulitzer prize awarded history of civil war, as well as the memoirs of the two most important military commanders of the union, ulysses s. Abraham lincoln books list of books by author abraham. Finally, diplomatic historian howard jones, in lincoln as diplomat, describes the international pitfalls that lincoln as a war president needed to navigate and how he did it.
A picture history from the lilly library by cecil k. They would not, we could not make of the book of abraham an object of serious study. List of books and articles about abraham lincoln online. We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or for being critical of a book. The prairie years covers lincolns early life up until 1850 and the war years covers the second half. Until now, no one has done much more than play around with the bedizening treasury of the pearl of great price.
The son of thomas lincoln, a frontiersman whose own father had been killed by native americans, the years leading up to abrahams adulthood were marred by poverty. Deseret news, 1879, 4 sunday, august 7, 2016 abraham manuscripts explanation william schryver. Hugh nibley, an approach to the book of abraham, 599. Abraham lincoln defeated george mcclellan in the 1864 presidential election. This page deals primarily with the question of the source of the book of abraham now available online at. Books on abraham lincoln michael burlingame offers a presidents day reading list. The prairie years and a four volume book titled abraham lincoln. It took 141 years after the death of lincoln for a book to appear which put into detail his genius for reading character and. The carefully told story of abraham lincoln recounts the former presidents history through to his assassination at fords theatre toward the end of the civil war. Ann turner is the author of many novels, picture books, and poetry collections for young children. Abraham lincoln was president during the civil war. Interviews gabor boritt michael burlingame don davenport allen guelzo discussion allen guelzo.
Author edward achorns account of abraham lincoln s second inauguration, march 4, 1865, is filled with rich details, insights and backgrounds of some of the most prominent people in attendance. Abraham lincoln and american slaveryby eric foner next on the agenda. The 1940 newbery honor title, abraham lincolns world sets american history into a world context. Political speeches and debates of abraham lincoln and stephen a. Published in 1995, the book chronicles lincolns slow and gradual climb from a rural rail splitter to president of the united. My book about abraham lincoln presidents day printable.
The book serves as a unique biography of abraham lincoln by focusing on 10 important days in lincolns life, days which remain important to our countrys history and development. He is considered by many historians to have been the greatest american president. A book about a grieving abraham lincoln has won the uks biggest literary award. Noone knows exactly how many books have been written about honest abe but in 2012 fords theatre center for education and leadership in washington dc constructed a 34foot pillar of unique titles about lincoln and it contained more than 15,000 books. The book gets a little boring but it gets more interesting.
Abraham lincoln, by james russell lowell free books. In this first novel by a master of the short story, abraham lincoln visits the. This years man booker prize for fiction originally written in english has been awarded to. Short, beautifully written stories explain what was going on during the years of abraham lincolns birth, childhood, employment as a storekeeper and lawyer, and finally during his years as president. Abraham lincoln was born in a log cabin in hardin county, kentucky, on february 12th, 1809. The fords theatre center for education and leadership features a winding staircase and 34foot tower of books about abraham lincoln, symbolizing that the last word about this great man will never be written the books in our tower are made from fireproof bent aluminum. As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. I am reading a wonderful new book called lincolns greatest case. Since 1938, specializing in books and material culture related to lincoln, u. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A modernday abolitionist investigates the possible connection between joseph smith, the book of mormon, and abraham lincoln by timothy ballard 4. The civil war era, new york, ballantine books, 1988.
Abraham lincoln this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as. As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. Also, henrys brother abraham was the ggg grandfather of the webmaster and this line spells it schryver. Abraham lincoln, the 16th president of the united states, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national historythe civil war. It purports to be an old bound copy of the special memorial edition published by the national news newspaper on april 14, 1866, one year after the assassination of president abraham lincoln. Part 3, ancient records offer new support for the book of abraham, looks at some. Her novel a hunter comes home was an ala notable childrens book, and her first picture book, dakota dugout, received the same honor. Born to a family of farmers, lincoln stood out from an early ageliterally. Abraham lincoln was born near hodgenville, kentucky. The book also talks about slavery and the end of slavery and the civil war.
The writings of abraham lincoln biographical eighth volume by noah brooks omitted, by abraham lincoln, ed. In the early hours of may 6, 1856, the steamboat effie afton barreled into a pillar of the rock island bridgethe fi. But lincoln was tragically shot one night at fords theaterthe first president to be assassinated. Thats the inspiring message of this lively, collectible picture book biography series from new york times bestselling author brad meltzer. This is a rare opportunity to learn from one of the worlds foremost lincoln scholars. Abraham lincoln was not opposed to slavery until he became president. Amid a new crisis, ted widmers book on the 16th presidents. The bestselling and prizewinning study of one of the most legendary american presidents in history, team of rivals by doris kearns goodwin is the book that. The facts of history do not change but sometimes the old ignored truth wakes up and walks out onto historys stage. Every once in a while, a book is written abraham lincolns hanks family genealogythat changes the orthodox view, or what we thought we knew, about history. Lamons book first made widely known many of the early accounts of lincolns life, such as those regarding ann rutledge, whom lamon related lincoln had loved and whose death devastated him. Sidney blumenthal on lincoln and his own washington life. Achorn focuses on walt whitman, who was in washington to cover the second inauguration for the new york times, frederick douglass, clara barton and john. Discover that when abe lincoln was a boy romping the woods of kentucky, thomas jefferson was.
A novel about abraham lincolns dead son has won the uks. My book about abraham lincoln my book about abraham lincoln. Abraham lincoln new, used and rare books and ephemera at. Abraham lincoln was elected president in 1860 and 1864.
Being a complete compilation of his letters, civil, political, and military 1890 isbn 9781437000917 9781437000917 hardcover, kessinger publishing, llc, 2008. The books, which originally consisted of a two volume book titled abraham lincoln. A biography takes an incisive look at one of american historys greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this eloquent account rises above previously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real lincoln. Our exhibit designers printed the cover art directly onto the metal book jackets. Series information with straightforward language and illustrations on nearly every page, the who was series invites kids to explore history by learning. His rise from a western attorney that many thought would never make it into office, to one of the most respected presidents the united states has.
Who was abraham lincoln this book was about abraham lincoln and fun facts about him such as it talks about when he was elected for president and a bunch of other fun facts. Its authenticity established as a divine and ancient record salt lake city. For example, she erroneously names jefferson davis as the southern democratic candidate for president running against lincoln and douglas in 1860 rather than john c. The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content eg.
Although it is only 40pages long, this is a large book, just over 12 x 18. Abraham lincoln books list of books by abraham lincoln. Hij groeit op als arme jongen, maar schopt het uiteindelijk. Sherman, complete with biographies of abraham lincoln, jefferson davis and robert e. Places associated with lincoln prepresidential political career presidential years reference works speeches and writings. This biography looks at the life of abraham lincoln, a farm boy who grew up to become the sixteenth president of the united states and the man responsible for leading the country through the civil war. No lincoln library will be complete without the fourvolume edition of the papers of abraham lincoln. Part 2 deals with the content of the book and joseph smiths comments on three egyptian drawings that have been attached to the published book of abraham. The following is a list of the best books about abraham lincoln. Discount prices on books by abraham lincoln, including titles like the lincolndouglas debates dover thrift editions.
931 810 392 135 592 121 1102 632 1100 470 673 1490 1069 663 1313 453 465 563 1189 231 117 1436 1111 412 1400 500 914 761 309 1105 287 910 221