Title: Abraham Lincoln
Description: Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on the frontier, rose from labourer to lawyer, and finally to President of the United States. In doing so, he confronted the great questions of his age: slavery, democracy and nationalism and wrote speeches that echo through the ages. This biography explains how Lincoln's life and career were shaped by rapid economic transformation in North America, and by the international antislavery movement and the wave of democratic nationalism that swept through the mid-19th century world. It is the story of an ambitious, in some ways brilliant and rather stra.
Subjects: Politics and government, Presidents, Juvenile literature, Biography, History, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, Presidents, united states, United states, politics and government, 19th century, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, juvenile literature, Presidents, united states, juvenile literature, United states, politics and government, United states, politics and government, juvenile literature, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Juvenile literature, Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature
Places: United States
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1865