Lincoln and Kennedy
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Lincoln and Kennedy

A Pair to Compare

ISBN: 978-0-805-09945-4

by Gene Barretta

President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin. President John F. Kennedy was raised in the lap of luxury. One was a Republican and one a democrat. They lived and served a hundred years apart.

Yet they had a number of things in common. Some were coincidental: having seven letters in their last names. Some were monumental: Lincoln's support for the abolitionist movement and Kennedy's support for the civil rights movement. They both lost a son while in office. And, of course, both were assassinated.

In this illuminating book, Gene Baretta offers an insightful portrait of two of our country's most famous presidents.

Hardcover, 40 pages