Children's Books

[Gene C]

Lincoln and Douglas - The Years of Decision
written by Regina Z Kelly, copyright 1954, 180 pages.

Ms. Kelly has written a few other children's books
This is part of the Landmark Book Series, which many of us can remember reading when we were in school.
Written for ages 10 and up, the American Series has 122 books and were published between 1950 and 1970.

I have never been that interested in the Debates, so when I found this book I thought it would at least give me a basic knowledge of them, and it did/does. It's not so much about the debates themselves, but also what is going on before, during and after the debates in Lincoln and Douglas's lives. The political views of Lincoln and Douglas are also mentioned without it becoming dull.

There is an interesting chapter about Douglas, who loved carpentry and had been apprenticed to a cabinet maker before he became interested in law. He even taught school for a year.

Good book on this topic for this age group

https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Douglas-y...147&sr=8-2