Six Encounters with Lincoln

Six Encounters with LincolnFrom an award winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy. An awkward first meeting with U. S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist. A tense exchange on a navy ship with a Confederate editor and businessman. In this eye opening book, Elizabeth Brown

The exceptional men featured include artist Aaron Douglas

Teapot – 27oz

Add a booming local wine and beer scene and there are now more reasons to get out town than ever before

from Kunstformen der Natur (Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut

With portraits on one side and profiles on the other

while celebrating Washington's beloved cherry blossoms

history buffs

The Poets Laureate Anthology is groundbreaking

It was sculpted by Daniel Chester French and resides in the Lincoln Memorial on the mall in Washington

Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays

Written by Richard Crawford

four of which are tribute poems inspired by the works of Lucille Clifton