A Letter for Mr. Lincoln
By: by Alvin Robert Cunningham ; [illustrations, Susan F. Cornelison].
Contributors: Cornelison, Sue., ill.
Edition: Paperback
Series: Cover-to-cover Chapter Books
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Logan, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination -- Fiction.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Juvenile fiction.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.; Boys in the Civil War; Women in the Civil War; John Wilkes Booth; Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth; Zouave Military Drill Team
Genres: Juvenile Historical Fiction/Nonfiction
First sentence: After returning from Ford's Theatre the night President Abraham Lincoln is shot, a young girl writes a letter to her hero. The book also provides information about the shooting of President Lincoln, Ford's Theatre today, and the Civil War.
This book is illustrated and contains archival photographs and drawings. It also includes bolded vocabulary sidebars. Children will be able to identify with the young, main character and learn about an important event in American history at the same time.
Description: Educational Children's Book  (ages 8-11)
Notes: The author, Alvin Robert Cunningham, is a retired educator of 34 years. He taught American History at Henry High School in Henry, Illinois and Social Studies in the Ottawa Elementary Schools in Ottawa, Illinois. Mr. Cunningham enjoys reading, especially about American history in the 19th century. He and his wife enjoy living at their new home in Streator, Illinois.