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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
This book is a riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly. The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history -- how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Meghan loses her leg to cancer and her brother to Vietnam, she expresses intense anger in postcards which she writes to her idol, Abraham Lincoln.
Author
Publisher
M. Reynolds
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Biography of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of America's 16th president. Provides an insightful attempt to answer questions on whether the accusations that she was power hungry, vain, and insane are true or not.
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the Washington, D.C., Civil War years experienced by Vinnie Ream the sculptress, best known for the statue of Abraham Lincoln that is in the Capitol building.
10) Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.7 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
A portrait of America's sixteenth president follows Lincoln's life and career during his rise to political power and his years in the White House, arguing that he looked beyond the political system to find support in his struggle to end slavery.
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