Abraham Lincoln's Dueling Words

Little known event in 1842 when Lincoln was challenged to a duel! Great story that will help young children understand that we all must learn from our mistakes.......more

Abraham Lincoln's Dueling Words is a delightfully illustrated tale about a lesser known incident in Lincoln's life as a barrister. In response to tax changes that would affect the poorer folk rather harshly, Lincoln wrote a letter to the newspaper under the name 'Aunt Rebecca’, which also called out......more

In 1842 a young attorney named Abraham Lincoln started a political spat with another local attorney named James Shields. Shields challenged Lincoln to a duel, an illegal but not uncommon solution in those days for affairs of honor. Donna Janell Bowman’s nonfiction picture book Abraham Lincoln’s Duel......more