Baby Abe: A Lullaby for Lincoln

by Ann Chandonnet

This lullaby imagines scenes from Abraham Lincoln's life, from his 1809 winter arrival in the world to his third birthday (1812). Period objects, foods, verbal expressions and manners are twined into the text. Scenes described are typical of life on the Kaintuck (Kentucky) and Indiana frontiers. Research began with Carl Sandburg's two-volume biography; and, some years later, embraced the details of Sidney Blumenthal's A Self-Made Man: The Political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1088011705
• ISBN13: 9781088011706
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Circles
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7