Arcadia Public Library

Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.

Wanting to know about the real man behind the sixteenth president's legendary character, a little girl learns about Lincoln's beliefs regarding universal freedom as well as lesser-known aspects of his life, from his love of Mozart and his wife's vanilla cake to his pet dog and the way he kept notes in his stovepipe hat.

A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.

Presents a portrait of the former president, describing his love for reading and learning that led him to become a lawyer and later run for Congress, and his presidency during the Civil War.

Profiles the self-educated man who arose from poverty to become the sixteenth president of the United States, focusing on how his virtues enabled him to overcome many personal and political difficulties.

A biography of our sixteenth president, remembered as the savior of the Union and the man who freed the slaves.

Because of his absentmindedness, Abraham Lincoln begins to carry important things--letters, legal documents, his checkbook--in his trademark top hat