1809-1865

A biography of the Illinois lawyer who served the country as president through the difficulties of the Civil War.

Biography of Grace Bedell, who as a young girl wrote to Abraham Lincoln suggesting he grow his whiskers. Documented by diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts.

In Washington, D.C., during the last days of the Civil War, a teenage boy who performs in a mind reading act befriends a clairvoyant girl whose frightening visions foreshadow an assassination plot.

Presents a study of the seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in the final months of the Illinois Senate race in 1858, provides historical data on both candidates, and offers an overview of Lincoln's House Divided speech.

A biography concentrating on the childhood of the Kentucky girl who grew up to marry Abraham Lincoln.

Recounts the childhood of the man who was President during the Civil War.

Examines the issue of slavery in the United States and the rift it created between states and explores the circumstances leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation, and the impact of the abolition of slavery.

A biograhy of the sixteenth president of the U.S., from his childhood through the Civil War and his assassination.

An overview of the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his hard childhood years through his early political career to his role as president during the Civil War.

A biography of President Abraham Lincoln.