Abraham Lincoln: Friend of the People

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Sterling Publishing Company, 2007 - 195 pages
This Newbery Honor Book--from a three-time Newbery Honor author--paints an indelible portrait of the prairie president. Clara Ingram Judson presents Lincoln in all his gauntness, gawkiness, and greatness: a backwoods boy who became President and saved the Union. Judson’s careful reading is enlivened by her visits to his home and vivid descriptions of the Lincoln family’s pioneer life. She reveals the unforgettable story from his boyhood and days as a shopkeeper and lawyer, to Lincoln’s first elected offices and his election as president, the Civil War, and assassination.

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Contents

Farm Boy
1
Kentucky School
10
Across the Wide Ohio
18
A New Family
27
Squire Pate and the Law
36
Abes Horizon Widens
46
Rutledge Dam
55
The Clary Grove Boys
65
Congressman Lincoln
102
Riding the Circuit
111
Debates and Conventions
124
Parades and Farewell
135
Washington in 1861
147
The Middle War Years
161
With Malice Toward None
172
April 15 1865
181

Twice a Candidate
75
Young Lawmaker
85
Mr Lincoln of Springfield
95
Index
187
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