Description
This book is about Abraham Lincoln and the 19th century. It covers many different events and people in his life.
Readers will enjoy an interesting look at not only the man, but the 19th century world in which he lived. Britain's enormous growth and emergence as a democracy, Germany united under Bismarck, Russia freeing the serfs, Japan opened to foreign trade, the U.S. in turmoil over slavery and many other cultural and socio/economic events are all shared in Foster's engaging text laced with her traditional pictures, maps, time lines and graphs. Expanded in 2003 by Genevieve's daughter, Joanna Foster Coppola, to include additional events and characters.
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