Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address

Name: Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jean Fritz
ISBN: 9780545521857

Author: Jean Fritz

Narrator: Rex Robbins

Unabridged: 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weston Woods

Published: 01/01/1999

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Readers, Intermediate, History, Us History, Biographical

Synopsis

Beloved author Jean Fritz's story about a great man and his famous speech.Abraham Lincoln was one busy man. He had a country to run. And a war to win. And a family to care for. But when it came time to honor all the soldiers who had died in the great battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln still took time to say a few words. Two hundred and seventy-one to be exact.

About Jean Fritz

Jean Fritz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Homesick, is best known for her engaging and enlightening nonfiction for young readers, including Whatâ€™s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, and Shh! Weâ€™re Writing the Constitution. She was honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York State Library Association and won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American childrenâ€™s literature.

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