One hundred fifty years after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains one of America's most fascinating, brilliant, and visionary leaders. He's idolized as a hero, a legend, and even a secular saint. In this engaging, intelligent book, you will learn about more than just his savvy political skills and Civil War power plays, including: How Lincoln escaped death more than once as a childWhy the Lincolns kept goats at the White HouseHow John Wilkes Booth's brother saved Lincoln's sonWho tried to rob Lincoln's graveHonest Abe--because what you didn't know will surprise you!

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Brian Thornton is the author of eleven books and a whole bunch of short stories. He's got three things out this year: a collection of three novellas entitled "Suicide Blonde," and a double volume anthology of crime fiction inspired by the music of jazz-rock legends Steely Dan ("Die Behind The Wheel" and "A Beast Without A Name"). He does all of his own stunts, loves the color blue as well as singing in the car with his son, and lives in Seattle, where he is currently serving his third term as Northwest Chapter president for the Mystery Writers of America. Find out what he's up to at BrianThorntonWriter.com.



Zusammenfassung
One hundred fifty years after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains one of America's most fascinating, brilliant, and visionary leaders. He's idolized as a hero, a legend, and even a secular saint. In this engaging, intelligent book, you will learn about more than just his savvy political skills and Civil War power plays, including: How Lincoln escaped death more than once as a childWhy the Lincolns kept goats at the White HouseHow John Wilkes Booth's brother saved Lincoln's sonWho tried to rob Lincoln's graveHonest Abe--because what you didn't know will surprise you!
Titel
Honest Abe
Untertitel
101 Little-Known Truths about Abraham Lincoln
EAN
9781440512315
ISBN
978-1-4405-1231-5
Format
E-Book (epub)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
18.02.2011
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.89 MB
Anzahl Seiten
256
Jahr
2011
Untertitel
Englisch
Features
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