Abraham Lincoln Links for Learning

Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Books

• April 1865 : The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik
• The Portable Abraham Lincoln (Viking Portable Library) by Andrew Delbanco (Editor)
• Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
• Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America - Garry Wills
• The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon by G. S. Boritt
• A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by Harry V. Jaffa
• Our Secret Constitution: How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy by Geo. P. Fletcher
• The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote
• Civil War Poetry and Prose (Dover Thrift Editions) by Walt Whitman
• The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman, Mark Van Doren (Editor)
• Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War by Edmund Wilson
• John Brown: A Biography (American History Through Literature) by W. E. B. Dubois
• The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals/the Killer Angels/the Last Full Measure by Michael Shaara and Jeff Shaara
• Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Baker
• Mary Chesnut’s Civil War- C. Vann Woodward, Editor
• Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley
• Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (ages 9-12)
• A Nation Torn: Young Readers’ Series History of the Civil War (ages 9-12)
• Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a Slave Girl by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Abraham Lincoln Video

• Biography: Abraham Lincoln (A&E Biography-1997)
• Lincoln - :Now He Belongs to the Ages": 1865 (PBS video)
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Movie-1940)
• Abraham Lincoln (Movie-1930)
• Gore Vidal’s Lincoln (video-1993)
• The Civil War- A Film by Ken Burns (1990)
• Civil War Diary (video-1990)

CD’s

• The Civil War - Traditional American Songs & Instrumental Music CD featured in the film by Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording
• Presidential Campaign Songs 1789-1996

Educational Toys & Activities

• Politics, the American Government in Action Game- entertaining and educational intro to political campaigns.
• The Civil War Coloring Book- highlights related people, places connected to the War. Includes bibliography, a gazetteer of sites to visit, and a poster to color.
• The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities
• Historic Recipes Cookbook Set
• Past into Present: Effective Techniques for Historical Interpretation by Stacy Flora Roth
• Civil War Women: Their Quilts, Roles, Activities for Reenactors by Barbara Brackman
• Reliving the Civil War: A Reenactor’s Handbook by Robert Lee Hadden
• How to Build Dioramas by Sheperd Paine
• National Geograhpic Guide to the Civil War National Parks
• In Lincoln’s Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky