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Title: The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
Author: Wayne Whipple
Release Date: October 8, 2007 [EBook #22925]
Language: English
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[Illustration]
The Story of
Young Abraham Lincoln
By
WAYNE WHIPPLE
Author of The Story of the American Flag, The Story of the Liberty Bell,
The Story of the White House, The Story of Young George Washington, the
Story of Young Benjamin Franklin, etc.
Illustrated
PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY HOWARD E. ALTEMUS
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY HOWARD E. ALTEMUS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
INTRODUCTION 9
I. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FOREFATHERS 15
II. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FATHER AND MOTHER 24
III. THE BOY LINCOLN'S BEST TEACHER 33
IV. LEARNING TO WORK 40
V. LOSING HIS MOTHER 52
VI. SCHOOL DAYS NOW AND THEN. 62
VII. ABE AND THE NEIGHBORS 77
VIII. MOVING TO ILLINOIS 94
IX. STARTING OUT FOR HIMSELF 102
X. CLERKING AND WORKING 115
XI. POLITICS, WAR, STOREKEEPING, AND STUDYING LAW 126
XII. BUYING AND KEEPING A STORE 140
XIII. THE YOUNG LEGISLATOR IN LOVE. 147
XIV. MOVING TO SPRINGFIELD 162
XV. LINCOLN & HERNDON 184
XVI. HIS KINDNESS OF HEART 194
XVII. WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABRAHAM
LINCOLN AND HIS STEPBROTHER 208
XVIII. HOW EMANCIPATION CAME TO PASS 215
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