The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.
— A. Lincoln, 1864
Online Resources
Lesson Plans
Lincoln Cottage: A Presidential Retreat.pdf
Books and Articles
For additional articles about the site, see "News" items linked from our blog: http://lincolncottage.wordpress.com/category/news/
New Directions for the Old Retreat: With its President Lincoln's Cottage project, the National Trust puts environmental principles to work by Kim A. O'Connell (Preservation Magazine, National Trust for Historic Preservation, January/February 2008)
I'm Over 100--Can I Still Go Green? by Sophia Lynn (Forum Journal, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Spring 2007, v21, n3.)
Lincoln’s Other White House: The Untold Story of the Man and his Presidency by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., September 2005)
Lincoln’s Sanctuary by Matthew Pinsker (Oxford University Press, 2003)
Video & Webcasts
President Lincoln's Cottage Grand Opening - C-SPAN (2008)
Lincoln's Other White House, Elisabeth Brownstein - Library of Congress Webcast (2007)
Lincoln’s Sanctuary by Matthew Pinsker: Booknotes - C-SPAN (2003)
Lincoln’s Summer Residence, Matthew Pinsker- C-SPAN (2002)
Restore America - Home & Garden Television (HGTV) (2003)
Save Our History: The President Slept Here- The History Channel (2003)
Other Online Resources
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Library of Congress
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Looking for Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
The Lincoln Forum
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Lincoln History and Culture
The Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College
The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
Abraham Lincoln Research Site
Abraham Lincoln Online
Abraham Lincoln Timeline
The Collected Works of Lincoln
The American Civil War Homepage
The United States Civil War Center
Lincoln Legal Papers
The Lincoln Herald
Lincoln Day by Day Online