With the help of his teacher, a young boy realizes that he not only shares his birthday and similar physical appearance with Abraham Lincoln, but that he is like the sixteenth president in many other ways.
Traces the life of the American poet, journalist, and historian whose lifelong interest in Abraham Lincoln led to the publishing of a multi-volume biography which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Tells the story of Vinnie Ream, an aspiring artist living in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, who gained a reputation as a sculptor and succeeded in persuading President Abraham Lincoln to sit for her--an honor that led to her winning a government commission to create a statue of Lincoln after his assassination.
Describes Lincoln's early days as an absent-minded frontier lawyer who kept letters, court notes, and even his checkbook in his trademark tall, black hat.
An illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States and the man responsible for seeing the country through the Civil War.
