Abraham Lincoln

by Elizabeth Raum, Oxford Designers and Illustrators (Illustrator)

Overview

Explore the life of Abraham Lincoln in this fascinating biography. Richly supported by photos, art work, and a family tree, readers will come away with an enhanced understanding of an important figure in American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781432964641
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2012
Series:	American Biographies
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 11 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.

Table of Contents

Lincoln Today 4

Country Boyhood 6

Store Clerk and Soldier 12

Settling in Springfield 16

Stirring a Nation 20

Freeing the Slaves, Saving a Nation 28

The Happiest Day…and the Saddest 36

A Nation Remembers 40

Timeline 42

Family Tree 43

Glossary 44

Find Out More 46

Index 48