On the eve of the 1860 presidential election, as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.
On the eve of the 1860 presidential election, as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.
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.
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.
On the eve of the 1860 presidential election, as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.
