Lincoln Through the Lens : How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life by Martin W. Sandler. New York: Walker & Co., 2008 ISBN-10: 0802796664

Martin W. Sandler uses photographs to chronicle the life of Lincoln, telling Lincoln's story through images. Excerpts from Lincoln's own letters appear along with a never before published photo of Lincoln.  

    - Media: Photographs

    - Rating: 5Q/4P

    - Curricular Connections: Grades 6-10, Social Studies, History

    - Special Category: use of sophisticated language through the text and/or through the illustrations. Lincoln's letters are interspersed throughout the book, and the text of the book is written for adults. So there may be some terms that are antiquated and unfamiliar to younger students, though the book is not especially difficult to read.

    - Special Category: One additional piece of nonfiction in graphic novel format

CHA 7/31/09