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Imagine you have just been elected president. You're expected to fulfill your campaign promises, but you're also expected to solve the urgent crises of the day. The founders never intended for our system of checks and balances to have one superior Chief Magistrate, with Congress demoted to "the little brother who can't keep up." Dickerson draws on history and contemporary times to show why we need to reevaluate how we view the presidency, how we choose...
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Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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Describes the first two years of the American Civil War in the East emphasizing the Union's attempt to end the war by taking Richmond, and Lee's attempt to invade the North.
666) The Civil War
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reveals how six historical figures interacted with each other to influence the outcome of the Civil War, sharing background information and key accomplishments for such individuals as Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Clara Barton.
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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue, Lincoln's guiding principle was the defense of equal economic opportunity. Lincoln firmly believed that...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 743 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of Abraham Lincoln?s indispensable Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, the man the president entrusted with raising the army that preserved the Union.
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Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvii, 611 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. In the first full biography of Stanton in more than fifty years, William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy. Marvel argues that while Stanton was a...
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 video media player (approximately 1 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
In Abraham Lincoln, kids will examine the life of this country boy from Kentucky, who rose to become President of the United States and guided his country through one of its darkest hours while speaking out against slavery at a time when many were too afraid to take a stand.
In Susan B. Anthony, kids will get an up-close look at the life of this pioneering voice in the struggle for equal rights. From abolitionist to suffragist, follow her life through...
Publisher
Getting to Know
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Abraham Lincoln is a colossus of American history: a complex, brilliant, and yet unlikely hero who led the country through one of its darkest and most-divisive chapters. Young viewers will love seeing an animated Abe Lincoln tell the story of his own early days reading Shakespeare to oxen and courting a woman as short and plump as he was tall and skinny. And they're sure to join in the chorus of 'Go, Abe, Go!' as Lincoln wins a New Salem wrestling...
678) Young Mr. Lincoln
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages ; illustrations; 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
Beginning in 1832, shows ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, before he became known to his nation and the world. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice.
679) Lincoln
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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