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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 resources found in the S-Collection covering everything from Lincoln’s presidency and assassination to monuments in his honor and sightings of his ghost.
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Abe Lincoln and His Times, 1809-1865. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1946.
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Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln. Holiday House, 1989.
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Adler, David A. Un Libro llustrado Sobre Abraham Lincoln. Holiday House, 1992.
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Adler, David A. Honest Abe Lincoln: Easy-to-Read Stories about Abraham Lincoln. Holiday House, 2009.
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Anderson, LaVere. Abe Lincoln and the River Robbers. Garrard Publishing Company, 1971.
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Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman. The Perfect Tribute. Scribner, 1956.
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Armstrong, William Howard. The Education of Abraham Lincoln. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1974.
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Aylesworth, Jim. Our Abe Lincoln: An Old Tune with New Lyrics. Scholastic Press, 2009.
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Baber, Adin. Sarah and Abe in Indiana. Moore Publishing Company, 1970.
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Bailey, Bernadine. Abraham Lincoln: Man of Courage. Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
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Bailey, Bernadine Abe Lincoln’s Other Mother: The Story of Sarah Bush Lincoln. J. Messner, 1961.
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Baldwin, James. Abraham Lincoln, A True Life. American Book Company, 1904.
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Bial, Raymond. Where Lincoln Walked. Walker & Co., 1997.
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Bracken, Thomas. Abraham Lincoln. Chelsea House, 1998.
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Brenner, Martha. Abe Lincoln’s Hat. Random House, 1994.
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Bulla, Clyde Robert. Lincoln’s Birthday. Crowell, 1965.
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Burchard, Peter. Lincoln and Slavery. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999.
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Burleigh, Robert. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home. Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
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Cary, Barbara. Meet Abraham Lincoln. Random House, 1965.
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Cavanah, Frances. They Knew Abe Lincoln, A Boy in Indiana. Rand McNally, 1952.
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Cavanah, Frances. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance. Rand McNally, 1959.
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Cavanah, Frances. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance. Scholastic Press, 1975.
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Cohn, Amy L. Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic Press, 2002.
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Collins, David R. Abraham Lincoln: God’s Leader for a Nation. Mott Media, 1983.
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Colver, Anne. Abraham Lincoln: For the People. Dell Publishing Company, 1960.
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Colver, Anne. Abraham Lincoln: For the People. Dell Publishing Company, 1966.
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Coolidge, Olivia E. The Apprenticeship of Abraham Lincoln. Scribner, 1974.
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Coolidge, Olivia E. The Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln. Scribner, 1976.
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Daugherty, James Henry. Abraham Lincoln. Junior Literary Guild, 1943.
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D’Aulaire, Ingri. Abraham Lincoln. Doubleday, 1957.
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Davis, Burke. Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1978.
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Denenberg, Barry. Lincoln Shot! A President’s Life Remembered. Feiwel and Friends, 2008.
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De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. The Abraham Lincoln Joke Book. Random House, 1965.
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Devillier, Christy. Abraham Lincoln. Abdo Publishing Company, 2001.
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Dunn, Joeming W. Abraham Lincoln. Magic Wagon, 2008.
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Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt.The Military Life of Abraham Lincoln, Commander in Chief. F. Watts, 1969.
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Dussling, Jennifer. Long, Tall Lincoln. Harper, 2017.
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Fisher, Aileen Lucia. My Cousin Abe. Nelson, 1962.
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Fleming, Candace. The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008.
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Folsom, Franklin. The Real Book About Abraham Lincoln. Garden City Books, 1951.
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Foster, Genevieve. Abraham Lincoln. Scribner, 1950.
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Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Clarion Books, 1987.
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Fritz, Jean. Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address. Grosset & Dunlap, 1993.
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Giovanni, Nikki. Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship. Henry Holt, 2008.
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Grabowski, John F. Abraham Lincoln: Civil War President. Chelsea House, 2000.
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Graff, Polly Anne. Abraham Lincoln: For the People. Chelsea House, 1992.
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Graves, Karen Marie. Abraham Lincoln. Lucent Books, 2003.
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Gross, Ruth Belov. True Stories About Abraham Lincoln. Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1990.
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Harness, Cheryl. Young Abe Lincoln: The Frontier Days, 1809-1837. National Geographic Society, 1996.
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Harness, Cheryl. Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington, 1837-1865. National Geographic Society, 1997.
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Hays, Wilma Pitchford. Abe Lincoln’s Birthday. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1961.
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Horgan, Paul. Citizen of New Salem. Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1961.
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Jackson, Ellen. Abe Lincoln Loved Animals. Albert Whitman, 2008.
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Jakoubek, Robert E. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Millbrook Press, 1993.
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Johnson, Ann Donegan. The Value of Respect: The Story of Abraham Lincoln. Value Communications, 1977.
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Judson, Clara Ingram. Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People. Wilcox and Follett Co., 1950.
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Judson, Clara Ingram. Abraham Lincoln. Follett Publishing Co., 1961.
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Judson, Karen. Abraham Lincoln. Enslow Publishers, 1998.
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Kalman, Maira. Looking at Lincoln. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012.
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Kay, Helen. Lincoln: A Big Man. Hastings House, 1958.
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Kay, Helen. Abe Lincoln’s Hobby. Reilly & Lee Co., 1961.
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Kelly, Regina Zimmerman. Lincoln and Douglas: The Years of Decision. Random House, 1954.
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Komroff, Manuel. Abraham Lincoln. Putnam, 1959.
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Kops, Deborah. Abraham Lincoln. Blackbirch Press, 2001.
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Koral, Bella. Abraham Lincoln. Random House, 1952.
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Krull, Kathleen and Paul Brewer. Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
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Kunhardt, Edith. Honest Abe. Greenwillow Books, 1993.
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Kunhardt, Edith. Honest Abe. Mulberry Books, 1998.
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Latham, Frank Brown. Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1968.
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Lincoln, Abraham. Abraham Lincoln, the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters. Boyds Mills Press, 2000.
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Lincoln, Abraham. The Essential Lincoln. F. Watts, 1971.
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Livingston, Myra Cohn. Abraham Lincoln: A Man For All the People: A Ballad. Holiday House, 1993.
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Lorant, Stefan. La Vie d’Abraham Lincoln. Boarts International, 1962.
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Lowitz, Sadyebeth. Barefoot Abe: A Really Truly Story. Grosset & Dunlap, 1938.
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Magoon, Kekla. Abraham Lincoln. ABDO Pub, 2008.
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Marrin, Albert. Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Dutton Children’s Books, 1997.
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Martin, Patricia Miles. Abraham Lincoln. Putnam, 1964.
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Mayer, Cassie. Abraham Lincoln. Heinemann Library, 2008.
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McGovern, Ann. If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic Press, 1966.
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McNeer, May Yonge. America’s Abraham Lincoln. Houghton Mifflin, 1957.
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Meadowcroft, Enid La Monte. Abraham Lincoln. Crowell, 1942.
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Metzger, Larry. Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1987.
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Miers, Earl Schenck. Abraham Lincoln in Peace and War. American Heritage Publishing Co., 1964.
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Mitgang, Herbert. The Fiery Trial: A Life of Lincoln. Viking Press, 1974.
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Monjo, F.N. Me and Willie and Pa: The Story of Abraham Lincoln and His Son Tad. Simon and Schuster, 1973.
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Nolan, Jeannette Covert. Abraham Lincoln. J. Messner, 1953.
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Norman, Gertrude. A Man Named Lincoln. Putnam, 1960.
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North, Sterling. Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House. Random House, 1956.
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North, Sterling. Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House. Random House, 1987.
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Ostendorf, Lloyd. Abraham Lincoln: The Boy, The Man. Lamplight Publishers, 1977.
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Ostendorf, Lloyd. A Picture Story of Abraham Lincoln. Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1962.
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Pascal, Janet B. Who Was Abraham Lincoln? Grosset & Dunlap, 2008.
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Phelan, Mary Kay. Mr. Lincoln’s Inaugural Journey. Crowell, 1972.
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Phillips, Ellen Blue. Abraham Lincoln: From Pioneer to President. Sterling Pub. Co., 2007.
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Rabin, Staton. Mr. Lincoln’s Boys: Being the Mostly True Adventures of Abraham Lincoln’s Trouble-making Sons, Tad and Willie. Viking, 2008.
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Randall, Ruth Painter. Lincoln’s Animal Friends: Incidents About Abraham Lincoln and Animals, Woven into an Intimate Story of His Life. Little, Brown, 1958.
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Rappaport, Doreen. Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Hyperion Books for Children, 2009.
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Roberts, Jeremy. Abraham Lincoln. Lerner Publications Co., 2004.
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Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Harcourt Brace, 1956.
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Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Wachst Auf in der Wildnis. Meisenbach, 1948.
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Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Harcourt Brace, 1956.
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Sandler, Martin W. Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life. Walker & Co., 2008.
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Schott, Jane A. Abraham Lincoln. Lerner Publications Co., 2002.
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Seylar, Margaret Melchior. Mary Elizabeth and Mr. Lincoln. Follett Publishing Company, 1961.
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Shapp, Martha. Let’s Find Out About Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1965.
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Shigemori, Takashi. Rinkan. Gakken, 1980.
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Sloate, Susan. Abraham Lincoln, the Freedom President. Fawcett Columbine, 1989.
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St. George, Judith. Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln. Philomel Books, 2008.
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Stevenson, Augusta. Abe Lincoln, Frontier Boy. Bobbs-Merrill, 1959.
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Strand, Jennifer. Abraham Lincoln. Abdo Zoom, 2017.
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Stevenson, Augusta. Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. Aladdin Books, 1986.
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Sullivan, George. Picturing Lincoln: Famous Photographs That Popularized the President.Clarion Books, 2000.
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Sumner, G. Lynn. Meet Abraham Lincoln: Profiles of the Prairie President. Harper & Brothers. 1946.
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Swanson, James L. Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis. Collins, 2011.
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Thomson, Sarah L. What Lincoln Said. Collins, 2009.
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Thomas, Benjamin Platt. Abraham Lincoln, A Biography. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953.
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Tiffany, Kathleen S. Mary Florence, the Little Girl Who Knew Abraham Lincoln. Dodd, Mead, 1955.
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Tippett, James S. Abraham Lincoln, Humble and Great. Beckley-Cardy, 1951.
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Trumbauer, Lisa. Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Heinemann Library, 2008.
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Turner, Ann Warren. Abe Lincoln Remembers. HarperCollins, 2001.
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Uglow, Loyd. Abraham Lincoln, Will You Ever Give Up? Advance Publishers, 1997.
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Usel, T.M. Abraham Lincoln: Una Biografia Illustrada con Fotografias. Bridgestone Books, 1999.
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Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth. When Abraham Lincoln Talked to the Trees. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2000.
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Weinberg, Larry. The Story of Abraham Lincoln: President for the People. Gareth Stevens Publishers, 1997.
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Welsbacher, Anne. Abraham Lincoln. Abdo & Daughters, 2001.
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Whipple, Wayne. Story of Young Abraham Lincoln. Henry Altemus Co., 1918.
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Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and His Generals. Vintage Books, 1967.
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Wise, William. Detective Pinkerton and Mr. Lincoln. Dutton Children’s Books, 1964.
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Yamanushi, Toshiko. Rinkan. Popurasha, 1968.
