LINCOLN
"As a young 'un, Abe Lincoln wasn't the sort of fellow you'd think would grow up to become president. Sure, he was a hard worker when he had to be. But give him a few minutes of free time, and he had his nose in a book. If he wasn't reading, he probably was delighting a willing audience with a knee-slappingly funny story. But young Abe was anything but aimless. With a few deeply held beliefs and a . . . "

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
"Martin Luther King, Jr., devoted his life to fighting injustice on behalf of all Americans. However, he didn't believe in fighting with guns, tanks, or fists. Instead, he believed in using peaceful means. He thought that positive words and ideas and nonviolent action could change the world. In 1955, when he was twenty-six years old and had just begun pastoring a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. . . "

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
"There were no rails to ride on the Underground Railroad. No trains. No tickets. In fact, it wasn't a railroad at all. It wasn't even under the ground. But it was hidden, and it was secret. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of African-Americans and whites who helped runaway slaves from the South escape to freedom. Nobody knows exactly how many people helped them escape. . . "

CIVIL RIGHTS
"Slavery in the United States ended in 1865 with the end of the Civil War. But that was not the end of the mistreatment of African Americans. By the turn of the century, a system had developed to keep African-Americans “in their place.” That place was always inferior—socially, economically, and politically—to whites. The system was called segregation—the separation of the two races."

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• Civil War and Reconstruction. By David C. King, Wiley, 2003.
• When Brother Fought Brother: The American Civil War. By Carole Marsh, Gallopade International, 2004.
• Home Front in the South (Americans at War: The Civil War. By Diane Smolinski,Rebound by Sagebrush, 2001.
• Lincoln (Civil War Chronicles). By Ruth Ashby, Lincoln (Civil War Chronicles) by Ruth Ashby, 2003.

ADULT BOOKS

• The Oxford Atlas of the Civil War. By Steven E. Woodworth and Kenneth J. Winkle, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. By James M. McPherson, Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War (The American Crisis:Books on the Civil War Era, 15). By Mark Thornton and Robert B. Ekelund, Scholarly Resources, 2004.
• The Civil War for Dummies. By Keith D. Dickson, For Dummies, 2001.
• Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. By David W. Blight ,Belknap Press, 2002.

WEBSITES

• American Civil War Portal: www.civil-war.net
• Lousiana State University: The Civil War Center: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• Lincoln Home National Historic (Springfield, IL):
  www.nps.gov/liho/
• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace (KY):
  www.nps.gov/abli/
• The Lincoln Memorial (DC):
  www.nps.gov/linc/home.htm
• Gettysburg (PA):
  http://www.nps.gov/gett/