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    Abe Lincoln Remembers
      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.
      Author: Turner, Ann HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Abe's Honest Words
      As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Abe's Honest Words
      As part of Rappaport's series of well researched biographies that includes excerpts from speeches this is equally engaging and well developed. The narrative that contextualizes the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is enhanced by quotes from Lincoln's wri
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Abraham's Battle
      An ex-slave named Abraham, a young Confederate soldier, and a girl from Gettysburg meet in the cataclysmic days of the Civil War battle. Abraham meets Lincoln after the President gives his famous address.
      Author: Banks, Sara Harrell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Day That Changed America, A: Gettysburg
      This book intertwines the story of the day Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address with the events of the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes paintings, photographs and maps of the battle. There is a glossary and recommended reading in the back of the book.
      Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Day That Changed America, A: Gettysburg
      This book intertwines the story of the day Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address with the events of the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes paintings, photographs and maps of the battle. There is a glossary and recommended reading in the back of the book.
      Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extrordinary Life
      A loosely organized series of chapters/essays about the rise of photography in Lincoln's lifetime and how it shaped the way we view his Presidency. Many photographs from the period are included.
      Author: Sandler, Martin HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Long Road to Gettysburg, The
      The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) is described from the perspectives of two actual participants, a 19-year-old Confederate lieutenant and a 17-year-old Union soldier. Events surrounding delivery of the Gettysburg Address are also described; several prominen
      Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Moon Over Tennessee
      A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, eventually arriving at the battle of Gettysburg. The story-poem is told in a format of journal entries. Somber black and white woodcuts contribute to the tragic tone. A map and an
      Author: Crist-Evans, Craig HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Places in Time
      This story atlas describes on facing pages activities at a particular place and time in U.S. history, e.g. Fort Laramie during the westward expansion on the Oregon Trail in 1849. Included are community and building diagrams with numbered points of intere
      Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Soldier's Heart
      15-year-old Charley Goddard lies about his age to enlist in the Civil War. This book chronicles his war experiences (some very graphic) with the First Minnesota Volunteers. At the end of the book we learn a bit about how the War affected Charley's mind a
      Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Thunder at Gettysburg
      This book is written in five chapters of free verse and tells the story of a young girl who was a witness to the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The text is accompanied by several line drawings and a concluding historical note.
      Author: Gauch, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies


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