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David J. Kent is an award-winning Abraham Lincoln historian and award-winning former scientist. He is the author of books on Abraham Lincoln, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison. His website is davidjkent-writer.com.

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	Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity 4.05 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln's Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America 4.37 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Abraham Lincoln and Nikola Tesla: Connected by Fate 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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On Saturday, April 11, 2026, the National Park Service will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Emancipation Memorial statue in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC. Also sometimes called the Freedmen’s Memorial, the statue was created because former enslaved African Americans wanted to honor the man that they... Continue reading Read more of this blog post »

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Alexander Dallas Bache: Building the American Nation through Science and Education in the Nineteenth Century

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Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science

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Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours

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