Abraham Lincoln: President of a Divided Country (Rookie Biographies) [Paperback]

Carol Greene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1990 | Series: Rookie Biographies

A simple biography of the Civil War president.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-2-- These two books will help fill the need for short, easy biographies of famous people. Greene's brief texts are written in simple sentences, use a limited vocabulary, and cover important events in their subjects' lives, giving readers some idea of why these men are revered today. Each book mentions the subject's family, early life, and education, and provides some background information about slavery and the Civil War years. Both are free from fictionalization and condescension. The writing style is somewhat choppy, which may limit the books' usefulness for reading aloud, but will not bother the beginning readers who will be attracted to them. The illustrations, a combination of full-color and black-and-white photographs and reproductions of paintings and drawings, show battlefield scenes, portraits, and numerous buildings and events connected with the lives of these two men. All are well chosen and of excellent quality. Gertrude Norman's A Man Named Lincoln (Putnam, 1960; o.p.) is also easy to read but lacks the visual appeal of these two books. --Jean H. Zimmerman, Willett School, South River, NJ
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Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Childrens Pr (February 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0516442066
• ISBN-13: 978-0516442068
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.7 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,602,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the life of abe lincoln as a boy, young man, and a president, September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Abraham Lincoln: President of a Divided Country (Rookie Biographies) (Paperback)

This book was very interesting, and astounding. I never knew so many things about our 16th presisent. You learn what happened to him as a boy, a young man, his, and mary todds romance, his children, and his great reign. Most of the information about him that I know now came from this book. This book may not be thick, but it has a lot of information in it.

3.0 out of 5 stars Abraham Lincoln President of a Divided Country, February 23, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Abraham Lincoln: President of a Divided Country (Rookie Biography) (Library Binding)

When Abraham was seven years old he moved to Indiana. They were moving 100 miles away. I am going to tell you his family's name.His dads name is Tom. His moms name is Nancy. His sisters name is sara. thay have two pets thay are horses. When thay got they had no house to live in so Tom and Abraham built there house out of braches and logs. Abraham hated to kill but he loved to work .When Abe was nine his mother dide.But Sara tride to take her place. Abraham loved to read books he borowed books from other people.Abraham was 6 feet tall at the age of 21. Abes first job was working at a store in New Salem Illinois.When Abe was23 he ran for goverment but he lost.In 1834 he ran for goverment and he won. In 1834 he married Mary todd. I would recamend this book to people how love to read about facts.