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Lincoln Memorial

Text and illustrations explore the Lincoln Memorial and discuss its historical significance.
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Abe Lincoln at last!

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.
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Abraham Lincoln

Focuses on ten crucial days in the life of Abraham Lincoln.
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Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Looks at the life of Abraham Lincoln, a farmer boy who grew up to become the sixteenth president of the United States and the man responsible for leading the country through the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln

sixteenth president, 1861-1865
Presents a short biography of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and chronicles his childhood, early career in law and politics, presidency during the Civil War, assassination, and more.
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An Acquaintance with darkness

When her mother dies and her best friend's family is implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln, fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush must go live with an uncle she suspects of being involved in stealing bodies for medical research.
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The fiery trial

Abraham Lincoln and American slavery
Follows the life and career of Abraham Lincoln and the development of his anti-slavery sentiments, discusses his position that the institution was protected by the Constitution in the original slave states, and looks at the measured steps he took after the Kansas-Nebraska Act made the expansion of slavery a national issue.
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A three-minute speech

Lincoln's remarks at Gettysburg
Traces the events which led to the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 and describes the dedication of the cemetery to the fallen soldiers by Lincoln in his famous speech. Includes text of the speech.
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Good brother, bad brother

the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Biography of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, two brothers and accomplished actors, who held opposing views politically and one of who shot Abraham Lincoln.

Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln and the dawn of liberty
Profiles the history of the Emancipation Proclamation, including excerpts from original sources, and facts that challenge some popular beliefs.

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