The Three Kentucky Presidents: Lincoln, Taylor, DavisUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1978 - 69 pages " Golden Kite Award winner, 1989 Booklist , Editor's Choice School Library Journal , Best Books of 1988 Publisher's Weekly , Best Books of 1988 Twelve-year-old Amanda Perritt is pitched head-first into adult responsibilities when she has to quit school to care for her newborn brother and invalid mother. She gets an excape, she thinks, when she's offered a trip to stay with her grandmother and her sophisticated Aunt Laura in Memphis. But during the visit, she discovers unexpected parallels between her mother's childhood and her own and comes to understand her own individuality as well as what it means to be part of a family. |
Contents
Abraham Lincoln before His Presidency | 1 |
Jefferson Davis before His Presidency | 10 |
Zachary Taylor Soldier Planter President | 20 |
President Lincoln | 34 |
President Davis | 43 |
Slavery Extension and the Federal Union | 54 |
Bibliographical Essay | 67 |
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References to this book
All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's ... Doug Wead Limited preview - 2004 |