This is an extraordinary accounting of the journey of Lincoln's funeral train and how America responded. From start to finish this is a detailed book with maps, photos and text following closely. Just not another dry book about the life of Abraham Lincoln. The author takes you there, through the big state memorials to the little trackside memorials and brief stops. The reader only need close his eyes to hear the train, the hymns and other demonstrations of sorrow. It is not hard to imagine the endless miles of mourners, the expressions of sorrow shown by a merciful and humble nation. Truly, this book demonstrates the extraordinary national observances of Lincoln and the first national funeral for a fallen president. A very impressive book and worthy of every library. The book is well assembled with color dust jacket and solid case. Worth every penny.

The Lincoln Highway across Pennsylvania has something for almost every visitor. Brian Butko has seen, and describes, it all.

The Lincoln enters Pennsylvania from Trenton, NJ across a fragile 19th-century bridge, then approaches Philadelphia on historic Roosevelt Boulevard. From Philadelphia to Lancaster it follows the 18th-century Lancaster Pike, whose mileposts still sit almost unnoticed on the shoulder. Robert E. Lee's troops marched along the Lincoln en route to the Battle of Gettysburg.

From Chambersburg to Ligonier (with the glaring exception of Breezewood), the Lincoln is a driver's road: two lanes, winding up and down hills and through small towns in which time stopped a half-century ago. Many views from 75-year-old postcards still look the same today. Further west, the route traverses some of Pittsburgh's oldest suburbs, then promenades through downtown Pittsburgh en route to nicking the West Virginia panhandle at Chester.

This second, revised and updated edition of Brian Butko's guide masterfully recounts the history of the Lincoln Highway across Pennsylvania. Those driving the road will learn the history of every significant site they pass...as well as those, like Bill's Place and the Ship Hotel, which no longer remain.

I-80 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike are two of the dullest drives in the eastern United States. Take a little extra time and follow the Lincoln Highway instead -- and do it with this readable but comprehensive guide.

Harold Holzer, Gabor S. Boritt, and Mark E. Neeley Jr. effectively collaborate to present The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln And The Popular Print. Their work, profusely enhanced with period photographs (as well as iconography immediately following his assassination) documenting how popular prints served to make Lincoln's image of the popular and political culture of his day. An original and highly recommended work, The Lincoln Image is a impressive study of painstaking and exhaustive scholarship that will be greatly appreciated by academia, Lincoln studies supplemental curriculum reading lists, and students of 19th Century American political history.

This book about the town of Lincoln, N.H. had me, a transplant to Lincoln, feeling very proud to be a citizen of this town. As I read about people I've known or known of, I felt extra proud. I found myself fighting back tears many times as I read this novel while on vacation, relaxing among family.
As he described events that took place generations ago in places I've been in,on streets I've walked down, the author made the event actually happen to me. It was very powerful.

I had bought Harold Holzer's 1993 book "Dear Mr. President" and enjoyed it tremendously. That book dealt with the mail that ordinary and famous people from around the world sent to Abraham Lincoln during his term as U.S. President. Now, Holzer has produced a sequel book, "The Lincoln Mailbag", which contains even more letters written to Lincoln. A large number in this new volume consists of mail Lincoln never even saw, such as correspondence from black Americans. These two books by Holzer offer a fresh, new insight into the world of President Lincoln which is far more interesting than the ordinary, standard Lincoln biographies which seem to pop up every 6 months or so.

This look at "The Lincoln Memorial" by Hal Marcovitz for the American Symbols and their Meanings series is about much more than a lesson in architecture or a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Marcovitz begins this small volume with the story of the story of how Marian Anderson, one of the great American singers of the 20th century, came to give a performance at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939 to 75,000 people. Anderson, a great contralto who was the toast of Europe, had been denied permission to give a concert in Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall because the Daughters of the American Revolution would not allow a "colored" to perform on stage. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned her membership in the DAR in protest and Anderson was given permission to give a concerton the step of the Lincoln Memorial where she sang "America."

Most of this book, which is aimed at younger students, focuses on the history of the memorial itself. Two years after President Lincoln was assassinated Congress made plains for a monument, which originally was going to be a sculpture of Lincoln surounded by soldiers. Young readers should be fascinated by how long it actually took for the Lincoln Monument to be constructed and that the original Lincoln Monument Association was actually disbanded and the idea forgotten. Congress authorized $2 million for the memorial in 1911, which would be placed at the opposite end of the Mall from the Washington Monument. Architect Henry Bacon based the design of the memorial on the Parthenon in Athens and planned a grand statue of Lincoln to be the centerpiece.

An entire chapter is devoted to the sculpture by Daniel Chester French. Again, students should be captivated by the details on the type of chair French selected and the meaning of the clenched left hand and open right hand. Along with the statue the words of the Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural would be carved into the south and north walls, with giant murals by Jules V. Guerin entitled "Reunion" and "Emancipation." The next chapter goes into even more details about the Lincoln Memorial, from where the limestone and marble came from, to how the names of the states appear, to what you would find in the basement if it were still open to the public.

Not surprisingly given how the book begins, Marcovitz ends with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered during the March on Washingtton on August 28, 1963. The story is told within the context of the Civil Rights movement, including Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott and George Wallace standing in the school house door at the University of Alabama to stop African America students from registering. The final words in the volume, delivered in front of the statue of Lincoln, are the closing lines of King's speech.

For a 41-page volume written for children this is an excellent little book, which, if anything, might actually contain too much information. I can see young students having trouble trying to render down this concise presentation of information for a class report or paper. The back of the book contains a chronology of both Lincoln and the memorial, from his birth in 1809 to King's 1963 speech. A glossary explains over a dozen words, from architect to stalagmite, and there are lists of books and Internet resources for more information. The book is modesty illustrated, with about twenty photographs, none of which actually show the construction of the memorial, the carving of the statue, the carved speeches, or the murals, which is rather surprising.

The American Symbols and their Meanings series looks at everything from the Alamo to the White House, with the Confederate Flag, The Declaration of Independence, Rock 'n' Roll, and Uncle Sam in between. However, these other volumes would be hard pressed to match the informative value of this book on "The Lincoln Memorial."

Over the past two years I have purchased about ten Lincoln Penny folders. To fill them we save pennys and sometimes at the bank I will buy rolls of pennys for fifty cents each. My grandchildren and I spend hours searching these coins for the correct dates. They learn to identify numbers, mint marks, and I read to them about President Abraham Lincoln, who is featured on the Lincoln penny. These coin books are gifts that are never thrown away. Sometimes I wonder just how much a Wheat Penny book would be worth if my Grandparents had filled one in for me....

We live in troubled times. The presidential candidate of one political p[arty is ridiculed for stating that Jesus is his favorite philosopher, and the vice-presidential candidate of the other political party is castigated for speaking about religion. What has happened to the moral tone of this country, which was founded by God-fearing men? Have we completely abandoned the idea that there is a Being who guides and guards us in all that we do? Abraham Lincoln, arguably our greatest president, believed that there was Someone watching over us at all times. He also believed vehemently that our governmental system was important, and that its structure was the best that could have been devised for the country. His words are eloquent, and call to us across the gap of 150 years. Reading this work, it is easy to restore some confidence in our governmental system, even though now it is being sorely tested by the eletoral events in Florida. This work could not have come along at a better time in our history, and it is well worth reading.

A thoughtfully detailed and entertaining narrative with lots of captivating photos of the key people and places of Lincoln's visits to the Commonwealth. I also liked the appendix which provided guidance on how to follow and experience the Lincoln Trail. I'm not a Lincoln expert, so the accounts of his experiences here were new to me and fascinating to read... but that also means my rating is just a reflection of how much I liked this book, not a comparison to other books about Mr. Lincoln. It is unquestionably well-written.

This little book sticks in my mind three years after I read it. So I recently re-read it and found that it held up well. The tales here are bizarre, very poetic, and yet also howlingly funny. The author is a shameless punster and loves silly jokes and tricks played on the reader. The title story about a story about the dog owned by Lincoln's doctor takes so many wierd turns and ends up startlingly.