Varren wade biography of abraham lincoln
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Lincoln, Abraham
Abraham Lincoln was a southerner who led the North during the Civil War. Born on February 12, , the same day as scientist Charles Darwin, Lincoln began his life on a farm in Kentucky before moving as a young child to Indiana and eventually to Illinois. He settled in Springfield, married Mary Todd, and raised four boys (two of whom died before he did). Lincoln was six-feet, four inches tall and weighed about pounds. He was well respected as a politician and attorney and well-liked for his story-telling abilities. Lincoln served one term in församling where he gained notice for opposing the Mexican War but otherwise had no experience in Washington before becoming president. During the s, Lincoln helped organize the Republican Party in Illinois and distinguished himself as an anti-slavery orator, especially during the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates of Two years later, Lincoln and Stephen Douglas faced each other igen, this time as part of the dramatic four-way
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Few U.S. presidents have garnered as much attention as Abraham Lincoln. The details of his political and personal life have been scrutinized by scholars and historians, and devoured by a fascinated public. This guide offers a list of Abraham Lincoln biographies found in the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) School (S-) Collection.
Additional juvenile materials on Abraham Lincoln can be located by entering “Lincoln, Abraham” into a subject search in the Library Catalog. While this list covers only those works found in the S-Collection, juvenile materials on Abraham Lincoln can also be found in the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, the Center for Children’s Books, and the University Laboratory High School Library.
A related guide, Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln Resources, contains a list of fiction and non-fiction resour
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Abraham Lincoln and Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln was a Kentuckian &#; but that did not help him much in his dealings with his native state. In sketching out a speech he considered directing at Kentucky residents in February , Mr. Lincoln warned against compromises that did not protect the principles of his election. He added: &#;What Kentuckian, worthy of his birth place, would not do this? Gentlemen, I too, am a Kentuckian.&#;
Some of Mr. Lincoln&#;s favorite stories were centered in the state of his birth. One story Mr. Lincoln liked to tell was a joke on himself: &#;Riding at one time in a stage with an old Kentuckian who was returning from Missouri, Lincoln excited the old gentleman&#;s surprise by refusing to accept either of tobacco or French brandy. When they separated that afternoon &#; the Kentuckian to take another stage bound for Louisville &#; he shook hands warmly with Lincoln, and said, good-humoredly: &#;See here, stranger, you&#;re a clever but strange compa