Lincoln, an illustrated life and legacy
By: Thomas F. Schwartz
Edition: 2009 ed.
Publisher: Fall River Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9781435115927
Subjects: Sources; American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658; Pictorial works; History
Description: Traces Lincoln's life, from his humble beginnings to his first tentative steps into politics and his ground-breaking Emancipation Proclamation, and shows how his leadership allowed the Union to win the Civil War.
Notes: Contains 15 removable replicas of letters, maps, and historic documents in 4 envelopes.

This book contains rare, removable facsimile documents of historic importance.---on the front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.
Table of contents: title: Lincoln's ancestors; title: Lincoln's childhood; title: Lincoln the young man; title: Political stirrings; title: Family life; title: Lincoln the lawyer; title: Congressman Lincoln; title: The crisis of the 1850s; title: The birth of the Republican Party; title: Debates; title: the 1860 election; title: From secession to Fort Sumter; title: The first years of the Civil War; title: Life in the White House; title: Republican Congress; title: The war and slavery; title: The Emancipation Proclamation; title: Lincoln's faith; title: The Civil War; title: The Gettysburg Address; title: The Civil War on the home front; title: The election of 1864; title: The rise and fall of the Confederacy; title: Richmond falls; title: The Thirteenth Amendment; title: Lincoln and reconstruction; title: Sic Semper Tyrannus; title: Lincoln's last hours and funeral; title: Lincoln's legacy.