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Abraham Lincoln's World, Expanded Edition

by Genevieve Foster Author

(From Amazon): 1940 Newbery Honor Title Published by Beautiful Feet Books Originally published in 1944, Foster earned her reputation by her masterful display of "horizontal history" telling the story of world events in the geo-political sphere, while giving as much importance to advances in science, medicine, music, literature, and exploration. Thus, while Abe Lincoln was a boy romping the woods of Kentucky, Thomas Jefferson was completing his eighth year as president, George III reigned in Great Britain and Napolean was about to meet his Waterloo. Beethoven and Sir Walter Scott were at the height of their creative powers, while Victor Hugo was staging plays at school. By the time Lincoln was old enough to help his father chop wood, other young boys and girls were being prepared for the future parts they would play. Harriet Beecher was reading anything she could get her hands on, Charles Darwin was collecting toads, crabs and shells, and the impoverished boy Dickens was working in a shoe blacking factory in London. When Lincoln opened his shop in Salem, David Livingstone was opening up deepest Africa, and thousands of Americans were opening up the West on the Oregon Trail. The spirit of freedom was moving around the globe as the abolitionist movement gained power in the States and serfdom saw its demise in Russia. Technologically the world was bursting with the invention of the telegraph, the railroad and the steamboat. With her whimsical and informative illustrations and timelines Foster has magnificently captured a remarkable age and a remarkable man.

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Additional Details

Resource Type
Book
ISBN
1893103161
Print Status
In Print
Sections
95
Pages
376
Publisher
Beautiful Feet Books
Edition
Expanded
Copyright
2003

Sections

  • AO 1 1809 pg ix-x
  • AO 1 Napoleon p. 5-8
  • AO 1 The Next Emperor p. 9-10
  • AO 1 Because of England and Napoleon p. 15-18
  • AO 1 Young Creoles of Venezuela p. 19-21
  • AO 2 Ships and Trips and Businessmen p. 22-25
  • AO 2 Unite in Resisting the White Man p. 26-28
  • AO 2 Sam Houston Becomes "The Raven" p. 29-30
  • AO 2 The Year 1812 - In North America p. 36-39
  • AO 2 1812 In South America p. 40-43
  • AO 3 To Moscow and Return p. 44-46
  • AO 3 "Don't Give Up the Ship" p. 47-48
  • AO 3 Napoleon Defeated p. 49-51
  • AO 3 The Very Young William Gladstone p. 52-54
  • AO 4 Just Before and After the End p. 55-59
  • AO 4 Back to the King Again p. 60-64
  • AO 4 Trails to the West p. 69-70
  • AO 5 Abe goes to Indiana p. 71-74
  • AO 5 Robert Lee of Virginia p. 75-76
  • AO 5 Harriet Beecher, The Preacher's Child p. 77-78
  • AO 5 What About Missouri? p. 81-82
  • AO 6 Harriet Beecher, The Preacher's Child p. 73-75
  • AO 6 What About Missouri? p. 76-78
  • AO 6 Steamboats and the Law p. 79-81
  • AO 6 "Kit" Rides to Santa Fe p. 82-83
  • AO 7 Benito Juarez, A Boy of Mexico p. 84-87
  • AO 7 "Toda America Es Mi Patria" p. 88-91
  • AO 7 Citizens of the World p. 92-94
  • AO 7 Victoria is Born p. 95
  • AO 8 Hard Times and Bad Kings p. 96-98
  • AO 8 Victoria - Who Was She? p. 99-101
  • AO 8 Charles Dickens - or David Copperfield p. 102-104
  • AO 8 Wild Turkeys or Waste Time p. 105 - 107
  • AO 9 The Story of Brazil p. 108-111
  • AO 9 The Drama of Greece p. 112-114
  • AO 9 Ulysses Grant, Named and Renamed p. 115-117
  • AO 9 Railroads Are Here! p. 118-120
  • AO 10 A Three-Day Revolution p. 121-122
  • AO 10 Young Patriots of Italy p. 123-126
  • AO 10 "A Bloodless Revolution" p. 127-128
  • A0 10 "Union and Liberty" p.. 129-134
  • AO 11 Time Makes an Old Idea New p. 138-142
  • AO 11 The Sultan's Guest p. 142-144
  • AO 11 India p. 145-146
  • AO 11 Li Hung Chang, A Boy of China p. 147-149
  • AO 12 Slavery - What To Do About It? p. 150-153
  • AO 12 Abe Lincoln of New Salem p. 154-157
  • AO 12 "Remember The Alamo" p. 158-162
  • AO 12 On To Oregon p. 162-164
  • AO 13 Into Darkest Africa p. 165-166
  • AO 13 Young Lion vs Ancient Dragon p. 167-168
  • AO 13 "R" Stands for Russia p. 169-170
  • AO 13 Corn and Potatoes p. 171-173
  • AO 14 Rebellion in Canada p. 174-175
  • AO 14 Steam Across the Atlantic p. 176-177
  • AO 14 Behind Japan's Closed Doors p. 178-180
  • AO 14 Wedding Bells p. 180-183
  • AO 15 Author's and Visitors p. 184-186
  • AO 15 Telegraph and Photograph p. 187-189
  • AO 15 On To The West p. 190-196
  • AO 15 "To the Halls of Montezuma" p. 197-199
  • AO 16 Gold! p. 200-201
  • AO 16 Canada p. 201-202
  • AO 16 Corn and Potatoes (continued) p. 203
  • AO 16 The Year 1848 p. 204-208
  • AO 17 A Beautiful Uniform or a Spiked Helmet? p. 213-216
  • AO 17 The Peace Festival p. 217-220
  • AO 17 Napoleon III p. 220-224
  • AO 18 Der Tolle Bismark p. 225-227
  • AO 18 At Home In Springfield p. 228-231
  • AO 18 Free Soil and Slave p. 232-237
  • AO 19 Land of Nobles and Serfs p. 238-239
  • AO 19 A Lamp in the Crimea p. 240-242
  • AO 19 Families and Friends p. 243-247
  • AO 19 "Viva L'Italia!" p. 248-252
  • AO 20 The Devil's Wind p. 253-255
  • AO 20 About "Peace" and Foreigners p. 256-261
  • AO 20 Shrinking The World p. 262-266
  • AO 20 Bloody Kansas p. 266-271
  • AO 21 Opening Japan p. 272-277
  • AO 21 "Good Old Abe, The Rail Splitter" p. 278-280
  • AO 21 The Man and the Hour p. 281-284
  • AO 21 1861: The Torn Map p. 289-294
  • AO 22 What About England p. 295-297
  • AO 22 An "Empire" For Mexico p. 298-301
  • AO 22 Russia's Serfs and Freed p. 302
  • AO 22 1862: The "Monitor" and the "Merrimac" p. 303
  • AO 23 "Henceforth and Forever Free" p. 304-309
  • AO 23 Prussia Marches to War p. 310-314
  • AO 23 1863: Vicksburg and Gettysburg p. 315-320
  • AO 23 Red Cross p. 321-322
  • AO 24 The Last Year of War p. 323-328
  • AO 24 Looking to the Future p. 329-335
  • AO 24 Victory and Defeat p. 336-338
  • AO 24 Day of Light and Shadow p. 339-342

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