Abraham Lincoln Biographies

Few U.S. presidents have garnered as much attention as Abraham Lincoln. The details of his political and personal life have been scrutinized by scholars and historians, and devoured by a fascinated public. This guide offers a complete list of Abraham Lincoln biographies found in the Education and Social Science Library School Collection.

Additional juvenile materials on Abraham Lincoln can be located by entering "Lincoln, Abraham" into a subject search in the online catalog. While this list covers only those works found in the Education and Social Science Library's School Collection, juvenile materials on Abraham Lincoln can also be found in the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, the Center for Children's Books, and the University Laboratory High School Library.

A related guide, Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln Resources, contains a list of fiction and non-fiction resources found in the Education and Social Science School Collection covering everything from Lincoln's presidency and assassination to monuments in his honor and sightings of his ghost.

SB.L736M	Abe Lincoln and His Times, 1809-1865. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1946.
SB.L736AD	Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln. Holiday House, 1989.
SB.L737A:SP	Adler, David A. Un Libro llustrado Sobre Abraham Lincoln. Holiday House, 1992
SB.L736AND	Anderson, LaVere. Abe Lincoln and the River Robbers. Garrard Publishing Company, 1971.
SB.L736AN	Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman. The Perfect Tribute. Scribner, 1956.
SB.L736AR	Armstrong, William Howard. The Education of Abraham Lincoln. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1974.
SB.L736BAB	Baber, Adin. Sarah and Abe in Indiana. Moor Publishing Company, 1970.
SB.L736BA	Bailey, Bernadine. Abraham Lincoln: Man of Courage. Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
SB.L7391B	Bailey, Bernadine. Abe Lincoln's Other Mother. J. Messner, 1961.
SB.L736bal (Rare Book Library)	Baldwin, James. Abraham Lincoln, A True Life. American Book Company, 1904.
Q.SB.L737b	Bial, Raymond. Where Lincoln Walked. Walker & Co., 1997.
SB.L736brc	Bracken, Thomas. Abraham Lincoln. Chelsea House, 1998.
SB.L736BR	Brenner, Martha. Abe Lincoln's Hat. Random House, 1994.
SB.L736BU	Bulla, Clyde Robert. Lincoln's Birthday. Crowell, 1965.
SB.L736bur	Burchard, Peter. Lincoln and Slavery. Atheneum Books for Young . Readers, 1999.
SB.L736CAR	Cary, Barbara. Meet Abraham Lincoln. Random House, 1965.
SB.L736CA	Cavanah, Frances. They Knew Abe Lincoln, A Boy in Indiana. Rand McNally, 1952.
SB.L736CA1	Cavanah, Frances. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance. Rand McNally, 1959.
SB.L736CA2	Cavanah, Frances. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance. Scholastic Press, 1975.
Q.SB.L736co3	Cohn, Amy L. Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic Press, 2002.
SB.L736GR	Colver, Anne. Abraham Lincoln: for the People. Dell Publishing Company, 1960.
SB.L736GR 1966	Colver, Anne. Abraham Lincoln: for the People. Dell Publishing Company, 1966.
SB.L736CO	Coolidge, Olivia E. The Apprenticeship of Abraham Lincoln. Scribner, 1974.
SB.L736CO2	Coolidge, Olivia E. The Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln. Scribner, 1976.
SB.L736D	Daugherty, James Henry. Abraham Lincoln. Junior Literary Guild, 1943.
Q.SB.L736A 1957	D'Aulaire, Ingri. Abraham Lincoln. Doubleday, 1957.
SB.L736DA	Davis, Burke. Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1978.
SB.L736DE	De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. The Abraham Lincoln Joke Book. Random House, 1965.
SB.L736dev	Devillier, Christy. Abraham Lincoln. Abdo Publishing Company, 2001.
SB.L736DU	Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. The Military Life of Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1969.
SB.L736FI	Fisher, Aileen Lucia. My Cousin Abe. Nelson, 1962.
SB.L736G	Folsom, Franklin. The Real Book About Abraham Lincoln. Garden City Books, 1951.
SB.L736f	Foster, Genevieve. Abraham Lincoln. Scribner, 1950.
SB.L736FR	Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Clarion Books, 1987.
SB.L736FRI	Fritz, Jean. Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address. Grosset & Dunlap, 1993.
SB.L736grab	Grabowski, John F. Abraham Lincoln: Civil War President. Chelsea House, 2000.
SB.L736gr 1992	Graff, Polly Anne. Abraham Lincoln: For the People. Chelsea House, 1992.
SB.L736gra	Graves, Karen Marie. Abraham Lincoln. Lucent Books, 2003.
SB.L736GRO 1990	Gross, Ruth Belov. True Stories About Abraham Lincoln. Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1990.
Q.SB.L736har	Harness, Cheryl. Young Abe Lincoln: The Frontier Days, 1809-1837. National Geographic Society, 1996.
SB.L736hr	Harness, Cheryl. Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington, 1837-1865. National Geographic Society, 1997.
SB.L736HA	Hays, Wilma Pitchford. Abe Lincoln's Birthday. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1961.
SB.L736h	Horgan, Paul. Citizen of New Salem. Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1961.
SB.L736JA	Jakoubek, Robert E. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Millbrook Press, 1993.
SB.L736JO	Johnson, Ann Donegan. The Value of Respect: The Story of Abraham Lincoln. Value Communications, 1997.
SB.L736J	Judson, Clara Ingram. Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People. Wilcox and Follett Co., 1950.
SB.L736jud	Judson, Clara Ingram. Abraham Lincoln. Follett Publishing Co., 1961.
SB.L736ju	Judson, Karen. Abraham Lincoln. Enslow Publishers, 1998.
SB.L736KA	Kay, Helen. Lincoln: A Big Man. Hastings House, 1958.
SB.L736kay	Kay, Helen. Abe Lincoln's Hobby. Reilly & Lee Co., 1961.
SB.L736K	Kelly, Rigina Zimmerman. Lincoln and Douglas: The Years of Decision. Random House, 1954.
SB.L736kom	Komroff, Manuel. Abraham Lincoln. Putnam, 1959.
SB.L736kop	Kops, Deborah. Abraham Lincoln. Blackbirch Press, 2001.
SB.L736ko	Koral, Bella. Abraham Lincoln. Random House, 1952.
Q.SB.L736KU	Kunhardt, Edith. Honest Abe. Greenwillow Books, 1993.
Q.SB.L736KU 1998	Kunhardt, Edith. Honest Abe. Mulberry Books, 1998.
SB.L736LA	Latham, Frank Brown. Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1968.
SB.L736li	Lincoln, Abraham. Abraham Lincoln, the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters. Boyds Mills Press, 2000.
SB.L736LI	Lincoln, Abraham. The Essential Lincoln. F. Watts, 1971.
SB.L737LI	Livingston, Myra Cohn. Abraham Lincoln: A Man For All the People: A Ballad. Holiday House, 1993.
SB.L736LOF	Lorant, Stefan. La Vie d'Abraham Lincoln. Boarts International, 1962.
SB.L736LOW	Lowitz, Sadyebeth. Barefoot Abe: A Really Truly Story. Grosset & Dunlap, 1938.
SB.L737m	Marrin, Albert. Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Dutton Children's Books, 1997.
SB.L736MAR	Martin, Patricia Miles. Abraham Lincoln. Putnam, 1964.
SB.L736MCG 1996	McGovern, Ann. If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic Press, 1966.
SB.L736MC	McNeer, May Yonge. America's Abraham Lincoln. Houghton Mifflin, 1957.
SB.L736me	Meadowcroft, Enid La Monte. Abraham Lincoln. Crowell, 1942.
SB.L736MET	Metzger, Larry. Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1987.
SB.L736MI	Miers, Earl Schenk. Abraham Lincoln in Peace and War. American Heritage Publishing Co., 1964.
SB.L736MIT	Mitgang, Herbert. The Fiery Trial: A Life of Lincoln. Viking Press, 1974.
SB.L736MO	Monjo, F.N. Me and Willie and Pa: The Story of Abraham Lincoln and His Son Tad. Simon and Schuster, 1973.
SB.L736NO	Nolan, Jeannette Covert. Abraham Lincoln. J. Messner, 1953.
SB.L736NORM	Norman, Gertrude. A Man Named Lincoln. Putnam, 1960.
SB.L736NOR	North, Sterling. Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House. Random House, 1956.
SB.L737N	North, Sterling. Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House. Random House, 1987.
SB.L736O	Ostendorf, Lloyd. Abraham Lincoln: The Boy, The Man. Lamplight Publishers, 1977.
SB.L73BO 1962	Ostendorf, Lloyd. A Picture Story of Abraham Lincoln. Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1962.
SB.L736P	Phelan, Mary Kay. Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural Journey. Crowell, 1972.
SB. L736ph	Phillips, Ellen Blue. Abraham Lincoln: From Pioneer to President. Sterling, 2007.
SB.L736R	Randall, Ruth Painter. Lincoln's Animal Friends: Incidents About Abraham Lincoln and Animals, Woven into an Intimate Story of His Life. Little, Brown, 1958.
SB.L736ro	Roberts, Jeremy. Abraham Lincoln. Lerner Publications Co., 2004.
SB.L736s 1932 (Rare Book Library)	Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Harcourt Brace, 1931.
SB.L736S 1948	Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Wachst Auf in der Wildnis. Meisenbach, 1948.
SB.L736S 1956	Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Harcourt Brace, 1956.
SB.L736SP 1929	Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years. 1929.
SB.L736s	Schott, Jane A. Abraham Lincoln. Lerner Publications Co., 2002.
SB.L736SE	Seylar, Margaret Melchior. Mary Elizabeth and Mr. Lincoln. Follett Publishing Company, 1961.
SB.L736SH	Shapp, Martha. Let's Find Out About Abraham Lincoln. F. Watts, 1965.
SB.L736SH 1980	Shigemori, Takashi. Rinkan. Gakken, 1980.
SB.L736SL	Sloate, Susan. Abraham Lincoln, the Freedom President. Fawcett Columbine, 1989.
SB.L736ST 1959	Stevenson, Augusta. Abe Lincoln, Frontier Boy. Bobbs-Merrill, 1959.
SB.L736ST2	Stevenson, Augusta. Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. Aladdin Books, 1986.
SB.L736sul	Sullivan, George. Picturing Lincoln: Famous Photographs That Popularized the President. Clarion Books, 2000.
SB.L736SU	Sumner, G. Lynn. Meet Abraham Lincoln: Profiles of the Prairie President. Harper & Brothers. 1946.
SB.L736TH	Thomas, Benjamin Platt. Abraham Lincoln, A Biography. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953.
SB.L736TI	Tiffany, Kathleen S. Mary Florence, the Little Girl Who Knew Abraham Lincoln. Dodd, Mead, 1955.
SB.L736T	Tippett, James S. Abraham Lincoln, Humble and Great. Beckley-Cardy, 1951.
Q.SB.L736t	Turner, Ann Warren. Abe Lincoln Remembers. HarperCollins, 2001.
Q.SB.L736u	Uglow, Lloyd. Abraham Lincoln, Will You Ever Give Up? Advance Publishers, 1997.
SB.L736u:SP	Usel, T.M. Abraham Lincoln: Una Biografia Illustrada con Fotografias. Bridgestone Books, 1999.
Q.SB.L736v	Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth. When Abraham Lincoln Talked to the Trees. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2000.
SB.L736WE 1997	Weinberg, Larry. The Story of Abraham Lincoln: President for the People. Gareth Stevens Publishers, 1997.
SB.L736wel	Welsbacher, Anne. Abraham Lincoln. Abdo & Daugters, 2001.
SB.L737W 1918	Whipple, Wayne. Story of Young Abraham Lincoln. Henry Altemus Co., 1918.
SB.L736W 1967	Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and His Generals. Vintage Books, 1967.
SB.L736WI	Wise, William. Detective Pinkerton and Mr. Lincoln. Dutton Children's Books, 1964.
SB.L73YA 1968	Yamanushi, Toshiko. Rinkan. Popurasha, 1968.

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