Description

You're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Abraham Lincoln's life, including:

  • A tragic loss that sets a boy on a course for greatness
  • A career sacrificed to protest an unjust war
  • A state resorting to treason to preserve slavery
  • A president who learns the most difficult decisions are made alone
  • And a promise made to every citizen that American's salves will be free.

  • These days and five others shook Lincoln's world - and yours.

    About the author(s)

    David Colbert is the author of New York Times bestseller Michelle Obama: An American Story. In addition to the 10 Days series, he wrote the acclaimed Eyewitness series of first-person history and the Magical Worlds series for children. More than two million copies of his books are in print in almost thirty languages.

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