Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming. Scwartz & Wade Books, 2008. 181 pages.

Nonfiction the way it should read! Fleming created this beautiful look at Abraham and Mary Lincoln as a 19thcentury scrap book complete w/ period photos, newpaper articles, letters, and other related bits of art, objects and ephemera -- and yet continues to tell the biographies of the 2 people and the times in a well written, easy to read and magnificent to look at oversized book. Something for everyone, complete w/ index and timelines and source list of books, websites and photos to satisfy the most enthusiastic young historians. Stands with the best Lincoln bios and photobooks. YES!

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