{"product_id":"mr-lincoln-sits-for-his-portrait-the-story-of-a-photograph-that-became-an-american-icon-9780374303488","title":"Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique middle-grade depiction of America's sixteenth president, through the story of one famous photograph, written by award-winning author Leonard S. Marcus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn February 9, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made the mile-long walk from the Executive Mansion to photographer Mathew Brady's Washington, DC, studio, to be joined there later by his ten-year-old son, Tad. With a fractious re-election campaign looming that year, America's first media-savvy president was intent on securing another portrait that cast him in a favorable light, as he prepared to make the case for himself to a nation weary of war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt least four iconic pictures were made that day. One was Lincoln in profile, the image that later found its way onto the penny; two more would be adapted for the 1928 and 2008 five-dollar bills. The fourth was a dual portrait of Lincoln and Tad. The pose, featuring Lincoln reading to his son, was a last-minute improvisation, but the image that came of it was--and remains--incomparably tender and enduringly powerful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmediately after the president's murder the following year, the picture of Lincoln reading to his son became a mass-produced icon--a cherished portrait of a nation's fallen leader, a disarmingly intimate record of a care-worn father's feeling for his child, and a timeless comment on books as a binding force between generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374303488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Leonard S. Marcus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42496085655733,"sku":"9780374303488","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7994fee9-189e-4ea7-bd24-9064fd19643f.jpg?v=1667920903","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mr-lincoln-sits-for-his-portrait-the-story-of-a-photograph-that-became-an-american-icon-9780374303488","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}