num_pages: 48
description: Vinnie Ream was a small girl with a giant gift for sculpture. This story chronicles Vinnie's life from her arrival in Washington D.C. at the start of the Civil War through her apprenticeship with a famous sculptor and friendship with Abraham Lincoln. After Lincoln's assassination, Vinnie fights doubt and prejudice for the honor of sculpting the full-size statue of Lincoln that now stands in the Capitol rotunda.
language: English
title: Vinnie and Abraham
titlecomplete: Vinnie and Abraham
genres: Biography, Civil War, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Womens, American History, Childrens, Biography Memoir, Art, History
ratings_count: 62
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Children's Nonfiction
publisher: Charlesbridge