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Abe's honest words : the life of Abraham Lincoln / Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection E457.905 .R34 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rappaport, Doreen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Juvenile literature.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Presidents--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1, 2, 3 & 4)
- Physical Description:
- 44 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group, [2008]
- Summary:
- An introduction to the life and career of America's 16th president.
- Notes:
- "The quotations in bold are Abraham Lincoln's own words. Some quotes have been edited and punctuation changed for readability, without changing the meaning of Lincoln's original intention."--Title leaf verso.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Ages 8 and up.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Booklist Starred Review (2008); School Library Journal Starred Review (2008).
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1, 2, 3 and 4 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copies 1, 2 & 3: dustjackets retained.
- Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 have "Reinforced binding".
- ISBN:
- 9781423104087 :
- 1423104080
- OCLC:
- 277156195
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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