Looking at Lincoln, Maira Kalman, Nancy Paulsen Books, New York, 2012.
This
is a children’s picture book, consequently the art is part of the
story. At first I thought is wasn’t going to include any history, but
just a little girl’s story. However, it did put some basic ideas in the
story. He was born in log cabin in Kentucky, his mother died when he
was young, but he had a good relationship with his stepmother. She
encouraged him to read. They moved to a log cabin in Illinois, and from
there he became a lawyer in Springfield. One of his friends was the
first officer killed in the war, removing a Confederate flag from a
boarding house in Alexandria. He gave the Gettysburg Address, and one
of the last speeches he gave included this line, “With malice toward
none, with charity for all.”
This book is better viewed as an artistic expression. The art work is fantastic.
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