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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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In the spring of 1865, America's Civil War finally comes to an end, In the midst of the patriotic celebrations in Washington, D.C., John Wilkes Booth - charismatic ladies' man and impenitent racist - murders Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. A furious manhunt ensues, ending in a fiery shootout and several court-ordered executions. With an unforgettable cast of characters, vivid historical detail, and page-turning action, this is history that reads like a...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Recounts the life of the dedicated man who survived a difficult childhood, became a country lawyer, and as sixteenth president of the United States guided the country during the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 19
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell.
Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 9
Language
English
Description
A Cotton Malone adventure involving a flaw in the United States Constitution, a mystery about Abraham Lincoln, and a political issue that's as explosive as it is timely, not only in Malone's world, but in ours.
10) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
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
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.
12) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Barbour
Language
English
Description
Abraham Lincoln had faith a great as his mighty frame. From his boyhood in Kentucky and Indiana, to his law practice in Illinois, and finally to Washington as President of the United States, Abe knew he was never alone, he could always call on God when he needed help.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Set over the course of that one night and populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead, Lincoln in the Bardo is a thrilling exploration of death, grief, the powers of good and evil, a novel - in its form and voice - completely unlike anything you have read before. It is also, in the end, an exploration of the deeper meaning and possibilities of life, written as only George Saunders can: with humor, pathos, and grace.
Series
Publisher
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
A collection of primary sources, supplemented with annotations, guides, and multimedia resources, intended to enhance students' ability to interpret and analyze primary source documents, foster the ability to think critically and to synthesize multiple sources of information, and help students to become informed citizens.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
Reveals the hidden life of the sixteenth U.S. president, who was actually a vampire-hunter obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of the nation.
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...
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