This book was about Abraham Lincoln, who was the president of the United States during the Civil War. The book told about when he was a young boy and told about his life. He had two sons that died. He was killed when he was president by John Wilkes Booth. He was at a theater when he was killed.

This book, which is an abridgmment of Basler's larger 8-volume "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln," is ideal for all students of Lincoln as a quick source for finding Lincoln's most well-known speeches, letters, and other documents. While other collections of Lincoln's writings do exist, Basler's is considered the most definitive. This one-volume edition of that collection makes the most popular and important Lincoln documents accessible to a larger group of people.

Dr. Fornieri's book is a thoroughly-researched, highly-interesting work, discussing how Abraham Lincoln's actions during his Presidency during the Civil War resulted from his combining a sincere Bible-based religious faith with (his interpretation of) the vision of the American Founders, particularly Jefferson.

Critics of Lincoln's policies (both those of his time and modern ones) have attributed his strengthening of the federal government, his use of Biblical references in speeches and letters, and his Emancipation Proclamation, to cynical reasons (including messianic ambitions on Lincoln's part). Fornieri addresses and convincingly refutes these arguments, using voluminous quotes from throughout Lincoln's life. The author effectively counters the argument that Lincoln's use of Scripture in speeches and letters was merely an affectation for political convenience or just the common mode of speech at the time. Fornieri shows, through the use of Lincoln's letters and speeches (pre-Presidential and later), that Lincoln's religious faith -although non-sectarian- was sincere and heartfelt. The author also defends Lincoln's actions during the war, including the Emancipation Proclamation, as wholly consistent with his long-standing personal and political beliefs, as well as with the intent of men like Jefferson.

One of the most interesting sections in the book, in my opinion, is the analysis of the theological/Scriptural arguments used by proslavery clergy to not only defend slavery, but to attack antislavery efforts as heretical and "against God's will". Fornieri takes this topic, which is seldom-discussed (particularly by modern-day Confederacy apologists) and shows how Lincoln elegantly and effectively countered the alleged Scriptural defenses for slavery.

The book, being a work of academic research, is not an easy or casual read by any means, but it is well-written and well-researched, and is accessible and compelling enough to hold the interest of those interested in learning more about Lincoln's personal and political philosophies as well as the use and misuse of Scripture during Lincoln's time.

This was a really good book! I have read a lot of books about Lincoln and ths is the best!

Excellent Excellent Detialed week by week history of the administration through the biographies of all who knew him, generals, cabinet and plain folks.

Abraham Lincoln: From Skeptic To Prophet by Wayne C. Temple (historian and former editor of the "Lincoln Herald") is a uniquely comprehensive study of an often-overlooked aspect of the man who saw the United States of America through the turmoil of the Civil War. This scholarly and seminal treatise focuses in-depth specifically upon President Lincoln's religious views. Extremely heavily researched, filled with references to primary sources and black-and-white photographs of portraits, places, and documented evidence, Abraham Lincoln From Skeptic to Prophet leaves no stone unturned in its search to uncover precisely what Lincoln believed during the different phases of his life. Abraham Lincoln: From Skeptic To Prophet is an impressive work and a "must-read" for anyone studying the life, times, and personality of Abraham Lincoln.

Twelve-year-old Lettie is a slave girl living on the Tucker Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1861. It is only because of the friendship of her owner's young daughter, Katherine, that Lettie and her family have not been separated Even though Katherine taught her to read and has ensured that her father is not cruel, Lettie still longs to be free. With more questions than answers caused by the outbreak of war, she takes a daring step and writes to President Abraham Lincoln with the question she must know the answer to - when will she finally be free? This was a moving story about the cruelty of slavery as seen through the story of a spirited young girl longing to be free. Even though the letters were fictional, they seemed so real.

In the Our Presidents series the ironic rule of thumb is that the best volumes usually turn out to be those about the Presidents you know the least. Conversely, when you get to the cream of the crop, as with Sarah Bowler's look at "Abraham Lincoln: Our Sixteenth President," there is usually a problem with getting all of the information that is out there into less than three dozen pages of text. However, Bowler takes advantage of the format of the Our Presidents books to cram in as much information as possible.

The four chapters of the volume are devoted to A Frontier Childhood, which covers Lincoln's youth up to his journey down the Mississippi River on a flatboat to New Orleans; Law and Politics, which ends with his election as President in 1860; The Civil War, which only covers the period from Ft. Sumter to the Battle of Antietam; and Victory and Freedom, which begins with the Emancipation Proclamation and ends with Lincoln's assassination. The focus on the Civil War is not on specific battles, but rather on the main issues that confronted Lincoln as President. Consequently, Bowler gets points for trying to get beyond providing just biographical details about Lincoln's life. The only significant omission would be talking about Lincoln's suspension of civil rights in the early days of the war, but that is understandable since the context which made such actions a political necessity are fairly complicated and there is plenty of time for young readers to be confronted with the realities of power politics in the mid-19th century.

The volume is illustrated with historic photographs, etchings, posters, cartoons, and the like. Each chapter has a side bar devoted to a particular topic like the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Gettysburg Address. The margins are usually filled with Interesting Facts about Lincoln's horse Old Buck and wife Mary Todd Lincoln having four brothers who served in the Confederate army. The back of the book includes a Time Line of Lincoln's life, Glossary Terms, a list of Our Presidents, and some Presidential Facts. Sarah Bowler provides a book that gets beyond a basic introduction to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln and starts to provide young students with some of the key details of his Presidency.

Any serious student of public speaking needs to read it. It's so insightful and easy to read.

Abraham Lincoln: The Christian leaves no doubt in the mind where Mr. Lincoln's heart was. Fundamentally sound faith is evident in Mr. Lincoln's writings and speeches. One of the greatest books on one of our finest presidents