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Beverly Klatt, a former elementary teacher, recently received her doctorate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University. Her dissertation is on children's responses to the genre of biography and to Abraham Lincoln. She teaches at Blinn College.
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Klatt, B. Abraham Lincoln: Deified martyr, flesh and blood hero, and a man with warts. Child Lit Educ 23, 119–129 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01131036
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