President Obama and a New Birth of Freedom: A New Birth of Freedom
Authors: Cummins, Joseph
Publisher: HarperCollins
Grade: 13 - 17
ISBN: 9780061876257
Classification: Fiction
Synopsis: "On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord . . . . Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."
Obama and Lincoln, two presidents for the people in unprecedented times in their own inspiring words
Witness history in the making as Obama takes the oath of office and becomes America's first African American president.
- Featuring Obama's inaugural address
- Lincoln's first and second inaugural addresses
- The Gettysburg Address
- Exciting commentary
- Biographies of Obama and Lincoln
- Time line of U.S. presidents
- And fun trivia!
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