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Nonfiction

Father Abraham : Lincoln's relentless struggle to end slavery by Richard Striner.

Forced into glory : Abraham Lincoln's white dream  by Lerone Bennett, Jr.

Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman.

This Newbery Award winner was written for older kids and young teens, but would also serve as a great introduction to Lincoln for an adult.

Fiction

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. This is a very well-written book about a Confederate soldier trying to get back home to his sweetheart, Aida, and her trials at home. Excellent! It won the Pulitizer. 

 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is my favorite novel of the Civil War. I think I learned more about the war by reading that book, than I ever learned in any school History class!

Reference

Websites/ Databases

Movies

The TV miniseries North and South

A good story about a family separated by the war and the prejudices each side exhibits.

Mr. Lincoln: The Life of Abraham Lincoln

A tour of Lincoln's life, from his forebears' arrival in America through an evaluation of how his legacy lives on for us today.

You Are There: Abraham Lincoln's Great Moments

Hosted by Walter Cronkite, follow the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg address.

Young Mr. Lincoln. 

Classic biographical telling of the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his youth to his death.Classic biographical telling of the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his youth to his death.  Starring Henry Fonda.

Gettysburg

Based on the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, this is a modern classic about the epic Civil War battle.  Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, and Martin Sheen star in this gripping 1993 movie.  The movie Gods and Generals, based on a book by Jeff Shaara was a prequel to this title.

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