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Book Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen written by Rae Katherine Eighmey and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography unlike any before. The very assertion of the title--that Abraham Lincoln cooked--is fascinating and true. It's an insight into the everyday life of one of our nation's favorite and most esteemed presidents and a way to experience flavors and textures of the past. Eighmey solves riddles such as what type of barbecue could be served to thousands at political rallies when paper plates and napkins didn't exist, and what gingerbread recipe could have been Lincoln's childhood favorite when few families owned cookie cutters and he could carry the cookies in his pocket. Through Eighmey's eyes and culinary research and experiments--including sleuthing for Lincoln's grocery bills in Springfield ledgers and turning a backyard grill into a cast-iron stove--the foods that Lincoln enjoyed, cooked, or served are translated into modern recipes so that authentic meals and foods of 1820-1865 are possible for home cooks. Feel free to pull up a chair to Lincoln's table.

Book Christmas in the White House

    Book Details:
  • Author : Albert J. Menendez
  • Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
  • Release : 1983-03-01
  • ISBN : 9780664222161
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Christmas in the White House written by Albert J. Menendez and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1983-03-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enjoyable book illuminates the long-held traditions and rare occurances that have shaped Christmas at the White House over the course of its history. Albert Menendez poured through diaries, memoirs, letters, newspapers, and more to compile the stories chronicled here, which include a Christmas wedding and honeymoon for Woodrow Wilson, the first lighting of the National Christmas Tree by Calvin Coolidge, a surprise dinner for poor children hosted by Abraham Lincoln's son, and so much more.

Book The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Download or read book The Life of Abraham Lincoln written by William E. Barton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Download or read book The Life of Abraham Lincoln written by William Eleazar Barton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lincoln Brigade

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  • Author : William Loren Katz
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2013-05-15
  • ISBN : 1620329018
  • Pages : 105 pages

Download or read book The Lincoln Brigade written by William Loren Katz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LINCOLN BRIGADE The day after Christmas in 1936, a group of ninety-six Americans sailed from New York to help Spain defend its democratic government against fascism. Ultimately, twenty-eight hundred United States volunteers reached Spain to become the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Few Lincolns had any military training. More than half were seriously wounded or died in battle. Most Lincolns were activists and idealists who had worked with and demonstrated for the homeless and unemployed during the Great Depression. They were poets and blue-collar workers, professors and students, seamen and journalists, lawyers and painters, Christians and Jews, blacks and whites. The Brigade was the first fully integrated United States army, and Oliver Law, an African American from Texas, was an early Lincoln commander. William Loren Katz and the late Marc Crawford twice traveled with the Brigade to Spain in the 1980s, interviewed surviving Lincolns on old battlefields, and obtained never-before-published documents and photographs for this book.

Book Dearborn Independent

Download or read book Dearborn Independent written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Memoirs of General William T  Sherman    Complete

Download or read book Memoirs of General William T Sherman Complete written by William T. Sherman and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book 'Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete' is a compandium of autobiographical memoirs of an American soldier, businessman, educator and author William T. Sherman. It was first published in the year 1875.

Book Abraham Lincoln

    Book Details:
  • Author : Benjamin P. Thomas
  • Publisher : SIU Press
  • Release : 2008-09-26
  • ISBN : 0809386925
  • Pages : 581 pages

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Benjamin P. Thomas and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2008-09-26 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thomas's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an incisive look at one of American history's greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this eloquent account rises above previously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real Lincoln: a complex, shrewd, and dynamic individual whose exceptional life has long intrigued the public. Thomas traces the president from his hardscrabble beginnings and early political career, through his years as an Illinois lawyer and his presidency during the Civil War. Although Lincoln is appropriately placed against the backdrop of the dramatic times in which he lived, the author's true focus is on Lincoln the man and his intricate personality. While Thomas pays tribute to Lincoln's many virtues and accomplishments, he is careful not to dramatize a persona already larger than life in the American imagination. Instead he presents a candid and balanced representation that provides compelling insight into Lincoln's true character and the elements that forged him into an extraordinary leader. Thomas portrays Lincoln as a man whose conviction, resourcefulness, and inner strength enabled him to lead the nation through the most violent crossroads in its history. Thomas's direct, readable narrative is concise while losing none of the crucial details of Lincoln's remarkable life. The volume's clarity of style makes it accessible to beginners, but it is complex and nuanced enough to interest longtime Lincoln scholars. After more than half a century, Abraham Lincoln: A Biography is still an essential source for anyone interested in learning more about the many facets of the sixteenth president, and it remains the definitive single-volume work on the life of an American legend.

Book Martin Luther King  Jr   National Holiday  S  25

Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr National Holiday S 25 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thirty Days With Abraham Lincoln

Download or read book Thirty Days With Abraham Lincoln written by Duncan Newcomer and published by Read the Spirit Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln is the soul of America, calling us to our best as Americans. Lincoln scholar Duncan Newcomer has hosted more than 200 episodes of the radio series Quiet Fire: The Spiritual Life of Abraham Lincoln. Now, 30 of his best stories provide a month of inspirational reading in a unique volume that invites us to read the stories—or to follow a simple code to hear the original broadcast each day. “Since its beginning, radio has offered a warm medium for connecting the heart, the head, and the imagination. This delightful collection of Lincoln's wisdom was seeded in a creative radio show, Quiet Fire,” writes Sally Kane, CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, where this series was born on WERU, a station in mid-coastal Maine. “Now, Quiet Fire has morphed into a daily companion for readers who connect the dots between time and space to map a new understanding of the chaotic times in which we live. Lincoln's words resonate more urgently than ever, and Duncan has played alchemist in Quiet Fire to one of our country's greatest souls and distilled an essence that can guide and comfort us.” “Duncan Newcomer captures Lincoln’s spirit in every one of these thirty meditations, and I love the fact that these began life on radio since I am a radio guy as well,” Day1 radio host Peter Wallace writes in the book’s Foreword. “By reading these sublime and soulful reflections, possessed—as Duncan puts it—by a quiet fire, you will find inspiration and insight that will make sense in your own life, in your own battles with fear and grief, in your own decisions over the best path to take in a certain situation, in your own yearning for deep meaning and purpose.” In the book, Newcomer reminds readers of Lincoln’s belief that it is “not the land that makes us American. It’s a mindset. Americans are not a race or a tribe. To Lincoln, Americans are a people who have received a great gift: a free nation with self-government.” And, Thirty Days With Abraham Lincoln—Quiet Fire reminds us, writes Newcomer, that “Americans did not create this free nation on their own; in Lincoln’s mind, a divine assistance made it possible.” In these short, daily stories, Newcomer touches repeatedly to the role of the divine in Lincoln’s thoughts, writings and deeds. In one story, Lincoln senses “an abiding presence everywhere for good.” In another, “God acting in history.” “It may just be,” writes Newcomer, “that more than two centuries after the birth of Lincoln, new generations of people are ready to follow Lincoln once again—in order to find a new birth of freedom. This spirit can make the young wide awake and relight the fire inside the old.” Sheryl Fullerton, retired Executive Editor for Religion & Spirituality at John Wiley & Sons, Inc, writes, “Duncan Newcomer gives us the gift of Abraham Lincoln’s wise words and Duncan’s own thoughtful reflections on a side of the great president most of us have not really seen. Read this book every day for a month, and you will not only be heartened and enlightened but also given hope for our own troubled times.” Thirty Days With Lincoln, collects Newcomer’s best stories from the radio series Quiet Fire, presenting them both in text and with a daily link that will play that original broadcast with the click of a smartphone app.

Book 366 Days in Abraham Lincoln s Presidency

Download or read book 366 Days in Abraham Lincoln s Presidency written by Stephen A. Wynalda and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this biography, Wynalda looks at the private, political, and military decisions of America's greatest president. Covering 366 nonconsecutive days of Lincoln's presidency, this is a rich and exciting new perspective on Lincoln.

Book General William T  Sherman  A Memoir

Download or read book General William T Sherman A Memoir written by William Tecumseh Sherman and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published ten years after the end of the Civil War, "Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman" were among the first memoirs written by one of the prominent Civil War generals. The memoirs caused a lot of controversy, especially because of the author's unfair treatment of General Grant. General Sherman replied to his critics: "...any witness who may disagree with me should publish his own version of facts in the truthful narration of which he is interested."

Book Memoirs of General William T  Sherman

Download or read book Memoirs of General William T Sherman written by William Tecumseh Sherman and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. First published ten years after the end of the Civil War, "Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman" were among the first memoirs written by one of the prominent Civil War generals. The memoirs caused a lot of controversy, especially because of the author's unfair treatment of General Grant. General Sherman replied to his critics: "...any witness who may disagree with me should publish his own version of facts in the truthful narration of which he is interested."

Book Abraham Lincoln

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Lamb
  • Publisher : PublicAffairs
  • Release : 2008-10-22
  • ISBN : 0786726830
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Brian Lamb and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-10-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully designed volume, America's top Lincoln historians offer a diverse array of perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life -- from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865 -- these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader. Extras include a timeline of Lincoln's life, brief biographies of the 56 contributors, and Lincoln's most famous speeches.

Book Abraham Lincoln

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roy Basler
  • Publisher : Da Capo Press
  • Release : 2008-08-04
  • ISBN : 0786723726
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Roy Basler and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces—the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation—but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents . . . but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and it's never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.

Book Abraham Lincoln

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Thomas Keneally and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-12-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal concise biography of an American icon- now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the great orator, the Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, the martyr-Lincoln's story is at the very heart of American history. But who was he, really? In this outstanding biography, award-winning author Thomas Keneally follows Lincoln from his impoverished birth through his education and presidency. From the development of his political philosophy to his troubled family life and his actions during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is an incisive study of a turning point in our history and a revealing portrait of a pivotal figure.

Book Abraham Lincoln

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Carl Sandburg and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002-10-15 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in six volumes, Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln was called "the greatest historical biography of our generation". Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln." --Descripción del editor.