Lincoln: A Photobiography
by Russell Freedman
Publisher: Clarion Books 1987 150 pages
Genre: Nonfiction and Biography
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Summary:This biography reveals many interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln that I didn’t know before. He suffered from depression, for instance. He was born in Kentucky, but moved to Indiana and then Illinois as a young boy. He came from a very poor family so he took various odd jobs to help support himself and his family. He became a lawyer and then ran for public office the first time and lost. He eventually worked himself up the political ladder to become President of the United States. 20 days before he was inaugurated, South Carolina seceded from the Union and thus the Civil War started. At first, Lincoln’s purpose was not to free the slaves, but just to preserve the union, but he realized that the freeing of the slaves was imperative to saving the union. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and ended slavery. The Civil War ended 2 years later. On the day that peace was established, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the Ford Theatre by John Wilkins Booth. His last official act as president was to pardon a Confederate spy.
Response: I learned a lot about Lincoln's character while reading this book and I liked it a lot.
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