The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

The award-winning author of Ben Franklins Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president Abraham Lincoln and his complex wifea scrapbook history that uses photographs letters engravings and even cartoons along with a fascinating text to form an enthralling museum on the page. The Lincolns received four starred reviews and won the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award for Non-Fiction making this the perfect addition to any collection. Here are the extraordinary lives of Abraham and Mary from their disparate childhoods and tumultuous courtship through the agony of the Civil War to the loss of three of their children and finally their own tragic deaths. Readers can find Marys recipe for Abrahams favorite cakeand bake it themselves; hear what Abraham looked like as a toddler; see a photo of the Lincolns dog; discover that the Lincoln children kept goats at the White House; see the Emancipation Proclamation written in Lincoln s own hand. Perfect for reluctant readers as well as history lovers The Lincolns provides a living breathing portrait of a man a woman and a country.