Cris beam biography of abraham lincoln
Lincoln's greatness as president resulted from a life of continual progress and transformation.
In the summer of the year , Abraham Lincoln, twenty-two years old, floated a canoe down the Sangamon River, going to a new home.!
Cris Beam
American writer
Cris Beam is an American writer.
She is the author of nonfiction books on transgender teenagers, the U.S. foster system, and empathy, as well as a young adult novel and a short memoir.
Life
Beam was a volunteer teacher at EAGLES Academy for two and a half years, a former public high school for LGBT students in Los Angeles.
She has an adoptive daughter.
Books
Transparent
In 2007, Beam published Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers.[1] The non-fiction book describes four transgender teenage girls; The New York Times said, "With sensitivity and a deep connection to the girls, Beam describes their struggles with transitioning and how they reconcile them with more familiar teenage concerns like crushes and cliques."[2] Beam, a journalist from New York City, began the book after moving to Los Angeles where her partner was in graduate school and Beam began volunteering at a high school
