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John Wilkes Booth
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 Right or Wrong, God Judge Me
The Writings of John Wilkes
Booth Collection of the writings of John Wilkes Booth constitutes a major new primary source that contributes to scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and nineteenth-century theater history. The nearly seventy documents--more than half published here for the first time--include love letters written during the summer of 1864
 Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln The definative book
on the Lincoln Assassination, and the escape of John Wilkes Booth. not only does the author give a clear and concise accounting, he takes us out of the vacuum and explains the minute details of the very knotted relationships between the conspirators, and the links of the Confederate underground to Canada and back.
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Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race “Cruel, merciful; peace-loving, a fighter; despising Negroes and letting
them fight and vote; protecting slavery and freeing slaves.” Abraham Lincoln was, W. E. B. Du Bois declared, “big enough to be inconsistent.”
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Lincoln's Ladies: The Women in the Life of the Sixteenth President The tumultuous experiences Abraham Lincoln had with women have long been
chronicled. Lincoln's Ladies attempts to answer the questions of how he was affected by the women in his life and how he affected them. Abandoned through death by his mother, his sister, and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, Lincoln found it difficult to relate to women and developed an emotional barrier that often antagonized them.
How We Elected Lincoln
Personal Recollections Abram J. Dittenhoefer was a young South Carolinian who embraced abolition and moved to New York in order to work for the newly formed Republican party and its antislavery
platform. Even though he was in his early twenties, he quickly established himself as a savvy and creative campaigner
Lincoln: The Presidential Archives There is no better treatment for the life of the great President Abraham Lincoln than this interactive, "museum-in-a-book," which includes accessible text, photography, and removable documents that, combined, provide an educational and
entertaining reading experience for the whole family.
 Abe Lincoln's Hat
Step into
Reading Abraham Lincoln, started out in life as an absent-minded lawyer. How did he nudge his memory? He stuck letters, court notes, contracts, and even his checkbook in his trademark top hat.
 Abe Lincoln
The Boy Who Loved
Books Children of all ages will enjoy reading this book and realizing that a love of books, as Abraham Lincoln did, can change a persons life and move him or her to become a great person
 The President Is Shot!: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Grade 6-10 --Description of the violent end to Lincoln's life. Holzer provides the Civil War context of the event and then details April 14 and 15, 1865. Why Murder Lincoln?, to demonstrate that this president was not always the universally beloved icon that students see him as today.
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You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? Grade 3-6. Fritz applies
her gift for creating engaging, thorough historical literature to a larger-than-life historical figure. Stanton was a radical among radicals, and this objective depiction of her life and times, as well as her work for women's rights, makes readers feel invested in her struggle. An appealing, full-page black-and-white drawing illustrates each chapter. For students who need a biography, this title
should fly off the shelves with a minimum of booktalking. And it is so lively that it is equally suitable for leisure reading.?
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Meet Abraham Lincoln This warmly told biography of our sixteenth president is enriched by many authentic but seldom told anecdotes and complemented by bold color illustrations that capture the spirit of Lincoln and his era
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