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It's up to you, Abe Lincoln / Leila and Tom Hirschfeld ; illustrations by Lisa Weber.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780553509533
  • 0553509535
  • 9780553509540
  • 0553509543
  • 9780553509564
  • 055350956X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
1835, Out of business -- 1840, Marrying kind? -- 1848, South of which border? -- 1855, Deadlock! -- 1858, Sizing up the little giant -- 1860, Stocking your cabinet -- 1861, 128 men on a rock -- 1861, Break the Constitution, or protect it? -- 1862, Free to win? -- 1865, Bitter end? -- "Now he belongs to the ages" -- Timeline of Abe's life -- Who's who -- Abe's historic firsts -- Abe the jokester -- Abe the writer -- What would Abe think?
Summary: Explores ten crucial decisions, in Abraham Lincoln's life, that defined his leadership and shaped America as we know it today.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Lincoln, A. H669 Available 33111009562816
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Laugh and learn at home with this interactive and hilarious Abraham Lincoln biography. Perfect for readers of Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales and parents looking to chuckle their way through homeschool history lessons.

Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents of all time. But what did it take to rise from frontier poverty? To lead his country through the Civil War? To alter the course of history forever?

Father-daughter team Tom and Leila Hirschfeld's tongue-in-cheek biography explores ten crucial decisions in one amazing life. With over one hundred pieces of archival and original art, fun facts, sidebars, historical trivia, and more, this book follows Abe's footsteps through the close calls that defined his leadership and shaped America as we know it today.

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2018

"Be a best friend and give this book to someone who has not read it." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-287).

Explores ten crucial decisions, in Abraham Lincoln's life, that defined his leadership and shaped America as we know it today.

1835, Out of business -- 1840, Marrying kind? -- 1848, South of which border? -- 1855, Deadlock! -- 1858, Sizing up the little giant -- 1860, Stocking your cabinet -- 1861, 128 men on a rock -- 1861, Break the Constitution, or protect it? -- 1862, Free to win? -- 1865, Bitter end? -- "Now he belongs to the ages" -- Timeline of Abe's life -- Who's who -- Abe's historic firsts -- Abe the jokester -- Abe the writer -- What would Abe think?

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