Excerpt from my Introduction to my book, KNOWING ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WRITINGS OF AND ABOUT OUR SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT.
The impact that Abraham Lincoln has had on our country for 150 years is quite incredible. What he stood for and how he got us through very difficult times is so much a part of our rich history, and the ever-evolving desires of most who want freedom and equality for all citizens of our country. We have come a long way, but still have a ways to go to achieve a true equality for every man, woman, and child. That is the hope for the future, that it can be achieved.
Abraham Lincoln will always be known as a Man of the People.
And we are lucky to have had Lincoln as a part of our history.
I have put together a collection of famous speeches of Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth President; a collection of various writings about him by those who knew him; and have included a few of his own correspondences.
As my great-great grandfather, Silas I. Shearer wrote to my great-great grandmother May 6, 1865: “Well Jane, when I heard the news of the death of Lincoln it appeared to me that I had lost one of my mightiest friends.”
How prophetic my great-great grandfather, Silas was.
-Linda Pendleton
January, 2013
Silas I. Shearer
Iowa Union Soldier
Great-great Grandfather of Linda
Knowing Abraham Lincoln is available at Amazon in print and ebook.
