Presents a portrait of the former president, including how his love for reading and learning led him to become a lawyer and later run for Congress, and his presidency during the Civil War.
Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery.
The collected letters, speeches, etc. written by Abraham Lincoln.
Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln
The collected letters, speeches, etc. written by Abraham Lincoln.
Voorhees, Daniel W. “The Liberty of the Citizen.” In Speeches ofDaniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana, Embracing His Most Prominent Forensic, Political, Occasional, and Literary Addresses. . . with a Short Biographical Sketch.
The volume's clarity of style makes it accessible to beginners, but it is complex and nuanced enough to interest longtime Lincoln scholars.
Abraham Lincoln's Speeches
My Life as Abraham Lincoln is a collection of words that best describe some of the people and places and things that I have experienced in my life.
A collection of quotations from the sixteenth President, that includes insights into the man by those who knew him best, from his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, to his greatest political opponent, Stephen A. Douglas.
These graceful essays, written by one of America's leading historians, offer fresh and unusual perspectives on both.