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Large type books Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Drama Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Fiction Presidents United States Fiction Slavery Fiction United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Drama United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Juvenile fiction Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 FictionWright Faladé, David
Summary: "By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WRIGrahame-Smith, Seth.
Summary: Reveals the hidden life of the 16th U.S. president, who was actually a vampire hunter, obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth and near-death of the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRATarshis, Lauren
Summary: "It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Charyn, Jerome.
Summary: Traces the historic arc of Lincoln's life from his picaresque days as a gangly young lawyer in Sangamon County, Illinois, through his improbable marriage to Kentucky belle Mary Todd, to his 1865 visit to war-shattered Richmond only days before his assassination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHASummary: Reveals the political and personal struggles of President Lincoln as he guided the nation through the Civil War while confronting his own family tragedies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum Disc Corp. 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LINShaara, Jeff
Summary: This concluding novel of Shaara's epic Civil War tetralogy tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives: the commanders in their tents making plans for total victory, as well as the ordinary foot soldiers and cavalrymen who carried out their orders until the last alarum sounded. Through William Tecumseh Sherman's eyes, we gain insight into the mind of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP Fiction Shaara 2015Saunders, George
Summary: Traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the sixteenth president after the death of his eleven-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2017
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SAUOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: Cannon fire! That's what Jack and Annie hear when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the time of the American Civil War. There they meet a famous nurse named Clara Barton and do their best to help wounded soldiers. It is their hardest journey in time yet--and the one that will make the most difference to their own lives!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Only a plea to President Lincoln can help when the father of a plantation girl is arrested and charged with espionage against the Yankees.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Sh 9Summary: A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2013
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIN RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LINLeslie, Tonya
Summary: "Addy Walker escapes a Southern plantation during the turbulent Civil War. Meet Addy as she and her mother make a daring journey from slavery to freedom in 1864. Addy's story is sure to engage young girls as they learn what it was like to be a girl during the Civil War in this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LESWells, Rosemary.
Summary: Brothers Willie and Taddie share stories about their father, Abraham Lincoln, from 1859 to 1865.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Wells 2009Hambly, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMSolomon, Burt
Summary: "Washington City, 1862: The United States lies in tatters, and there seems no end to the war. Abraham Lincoln, the legitimate President of the United States, is using all his will to keep his beloved land together. But Lincoln's will and soul are tested when tragedy strikes the White House as Willie Lincoln, the love and shining light in the president's heart, is taken by typhoid fever. But was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLSmith, Nikki Shannon
Summary: In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SMIWhitney, Phyllis A.
Summary: In 1861 seventeen-year-old Abbie Garrett, living on Staten Island with her Southern mother and Yankee father, finds herself drawn firmly into the growing conflict between the North and the South with the arrival of her cousin Lorena from Charleston and the return from Atlanta of the two McIntyre brothers, the elder of whom has always had a special place in Abbie's heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WHICole, Alyssa
Summary: "An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes ... Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams of helping his people--dreams that died the night he waskidnapped and sold into slavery. Daniel is rescued, but he's a changed man. When he's offered entry into the Loyal League, the covert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLHigginbotham, Susan
Summary: "As the Civil War cracks the country in two, Mary Lincoln stands beside her husband praying for a swift Northern victory. But as the body count rises, Mary can't help but fear each bloody gain. Because her beloved sister Emily is across party lines, fighting for the South, and Mary is at risk of losing both her country and her family in the tides of a brutal war... Emily Todd Helm has married...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2011Reasoner, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cumberland House 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REAByrd, Max.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BYRCrane, Stephen
Summary: During his service in the Civil War a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JF Classic CraneCrane, Stephen
Summary: During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CRAMack, Stanley.
Summary: In 1861, a young slave named Sam escapes to search for his father, who has been conscripted into the Confederate army, and makes his way to a northern city, while back at the Virginia plantation where Sam was raised Annabelle, the owner's daughter, struggles to run things after her father's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Childrens Books 2012