We the People Bookshelf

Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Here is a warm, appealing biography of our Civil War president, illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints. Freedman begins with a lively account of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood, his career as a country lawyer, and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. Then the author focuses on the presidential years (1861 to 1865), skillfully explaining the many complex issues Lincoln grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War.

The words of President Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address are as relevant and meaningful today as they were in 1863. In this handsomely illustrated book, Michael McCurdy's art extends the power and force of Lincoln's speech, imbuing it with an excitement and energy that will ingnite the interest of readers of all ages. With an introduction by one of America's preeminent historians, Garry Willis, and an afterword by McCurdy about his great-grandfather who fought at Gettysburg, this book is at once personal and universal.

A multimedia resource focusing on Abraham Lincoln. From his formative years, to his transformative effect on American democracy, the essential elements of Lincoln's achievement are brought to life with primary sources and expert commentary from the best scholars in the field.

When Sheldon Russel Curtis told his story to his daughter; Rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many times. I will tell it in Sheldon's own words as nearly as I can. He was wounded in a fierce battle and left for dead in a pasture somewhere in Georgia when Pinkus found him. Pinkus' skin was the color of polished mahogany, and he was flying Union colors like the wounded boy, and he picked him up out of the field and brought him to where the black soldier's mother; Moe Moe Bay, lived. She had soft, gentle hands and cared for him and her Pink.