Lincoln and Grace: Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lincoln and Grace: Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard write by Steve Metzger. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Lincoln and Grace: Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fresh and heartwarming story about Abraham Lincoln and the young girl who inspired his signature beard. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most recognizable people, let alone presidents, in the history of the United States. Perhaps it's because his face can be seen everywhere from the $5 bill in your wallet and the penny in your pocket to national monuments across the country. Or maybe it's simply because of his signature beard. Could you ever picture Lincoln without it? I bet you would never guess that there is one little girl in particular to thank for Lincoln's beard.LINCOLN AND GRACE is the story of Grace Bedell--the eleven-year-old who got a President to listen to her advice. In addition to learning the fascinating true story behind Lincoln's beard, children will love it because it shows that one voice--even one as small as their own--can matter.
Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers
Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers write by Karen B. Winnick. This book was released on 1999-09-01. Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the United States to wear a beard. What gave him the idea to grow whiskers may have been a letter he received from an eleven-year-old girl named Grace Bedell. Charmingly told by Karen B. Winnick and illustrated with rich oil paintings that capture the look and feel of nineteenth-century America, here is the true story of the girl whose letter helped to make Abraham Lincoln's face one of the most famous in American history.
Looking at Lincoln
Looking at Lincoln - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Looking at Lincoln write by Maira Kalman. This book was released on 2017-01-03. Looking at Lincoln available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fans of Who Was? and Jean Fritz will love this introduction to our sixteenth President by beloved author and illustrator Maira Kalman. Who was Lincoln really? This little girl wants to find out. She discovers, among other things, that our sixteenth president was a man who believed in freedom for all, had a dog named Fido, loved Mozart, apples, and his wife's vanilla cake, and kept his notes in his hat. From his boyhood in a log cabin to his famous presidency and untimely death, Maira Kalman shares Lincoln's remarkable life with young readers in a fresh and exciting way.
Grace's Letter to Lincoln
Grace's Letter to Lincoln - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grace's Letter to Lincoln write by Peter Roop. This book was released on 2015-05-05. Grace's Letter to Lincoln available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Can the advice of an eleven-year-old girl help get Abraham Lincoln elected president? As the election of 1860 nears, eleven-year-old Grace and her family are working hard to help Abraham Lincoln win. After seeing his image on a poster, Grace decides to write to him and suggest that growing a beard might win him more votes. Much to her surprise, Lincoln answers her letter, and she becomes a neighborhood celebrity. When the president-elect’s victory train passes through on its way to Washington, DC, Mr. Lincoln singles Grace out as the girl who gave him good advice. Based on true events, this story will charm young readers of historical fiction.
Of Beards and Men
Of Beards and Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Of Beards and Men write by Christopher Oldstone-Moore. This book was released on 2015-12-02. Of Beards and Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beards—they’re all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipsters circa 2005 and reports that today some New Yorkers pay thousands of dollars for facial hair transplants to disguise patchy, juvenile beards. And in 2014, blogger Nicki Daniels excoriated bearded hipsters for turning a symbol of manliness and power into a flimsy fashion statement. The beard, she said, has turned into the padded bra of masculinity. Of Beards and Men makes the case that today’s bearded renaissance is part of a centuries-long cycle in which facial hairstyles have varied in response to changing ideals of masculinity. Christopher Oldstone-Moore explains that the clean-shaven face has been the default style throughout Western history—see Alexander the Great’s beardless face, for example, as the Greek heroic ideal. But the primacy of razors has been challenged over the years by four great bearded movements, beginning with Hadrian in the second century and stretching to today’s bristled resurgence. The clean-shaven face today, Oldstone-Moore says, has come to signify a virtuous and sociable man, whereas the beard marks someone as self-reliant and unconventional. History, then, has established specific meanings for facial hair, which both inspire and constrain a man’s choices in how he presents himself to the world. This fascinating and erudite history of facial hair cracks the masculine hair code, shedding light on the choices men make as they shape the hair on their faces. Oldstone-Moore adeptly lays to rest common misperceptions about beards and vividly illustrates the connection between grooming, identity, culture, and masculinity. To a surprising degree, we find, the history of men is written on their faces.
