Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator

Format:

Book

Title:

Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator

Uniform Title:

Abe Lincoln, frontier boy

Author:

Stevenson, Augusta.

ISBN:

9780020420309

9780606031721

Edition:

1st Aladdin books ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

General Note:

Reprint of the ed.: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1982, c1959. (Childhood of famous Americans series).

Published 1932 under title: Abe Lincoln, frontier boy.

Summary:

Recounts the childhood of the man who was President during the Civil War.

Program Information:

AR Accelerated Reader 3.5 3.0.

Personal Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-Childhood and youth-Juvenile literature.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Subject(s):

Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Genre:

Added Author:

Robinson, Jerry, 1922-2011,

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Explore the childhood of legendary US President Abraham Lincoln, whose legacy as a Civil War leader and lover of freedom makes him an unforgettable all-star in American history.

Abraham Lincoln received less than two years of formal education, but he had a passion for knowledge: he would walk for miles to borrow a book and eventually taught himself to become a lawyer. His legal career lead to a term in the US House of Representatives, and he was later selected as the Republican presidential candidate in 1860 and elected president. Shortly after his inauguration, the Civil War broke out, and for the rest of his life, Lincoln served as a wartime president, achieving the hugely challenging task of keeping the Union together until the Confederate surrender in April of 1865. Weeks later Lincoln was assassinated, but his legacy lives on.

From his humble beginnings in a Kentucky log cabin to his stepmother's encouragement of education, the details of Abraham Lincoln's childhood are revealed in this narrative biography about the events and influences that made him into the exceptional American leader he became.

Author Notes

Augusta Stevenson was a writer of children's books and a teacher. She wrote several Childhood of Famous Americans titles, including books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher.

Abe's First Toy	p. 11
School-butter	p. 23
Grandfather and the Indians	p. 33
Sarah and Abe Go Fishing	p. 42
Forest Adventures	p. 51
Abe Learns by Watching	p. 63
Thank Honey	p. 73
The New Home in Indiana	p. 81
Changes in the Family	p. 98
A Busy All-Round Boy	p. 112
The Preacher Comes	p. 129
Abe Thinks of Others	p. 135
A Spelling Match	p. 147
Johnny Appleseed	p. 152
How Neighbors Helped	p. 159
Moving to Illinois	p. 164
Helping the Helpless	p. 173
President of the United States	p. 184

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