Book Detail

Abe Lincoln Remembers

Publication Information
Author:  Turner, Ann Illustrator:  Minor, Wendell
Title:  Abe Lincoln Remembers Date:  2001
Publisher:  Harper Collins City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-06-027577-4 ISBN, hardback:  

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General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, easy reading, true story, historical fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| social studies

Summary:
Written as if Lincoln were telling his life story, the book briefly traces his life from his boyhood in Kentucky to the night he and his wife went to see a play at the Ford Theater.

Teaching Ideas:
The book joins a small text set on Lincoln or a much larger set on the Civil War. The book is a good place to start researching Lincoln's life. Interested students will want to do further research in books and on the Internet. A class could develop a timeline using their researched information.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet History > region > U.S. history > founding of the country > pilgrims
bullet History > topic > war > Civil War
bullet History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Lincoln, Abraham
bullet History > topic > war > Civil War > Gettysburg
bullet History > region > U.S. history > presidents


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