1. Creator/Author:
  2. Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, (6)

The true story of Abraham Lincoln, the American : told for boys and girls /

Authors:
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter,
Item ID:
71200908401344; 71200908401345
Publisher:
Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., c1896.
Series:
Children's lives of great men; Children's lives of great men.
Call Number:
E457 .B73 1896
Physical Description:
239 p., [26] leaves of plates : ill., front., ports. ; 25 cm.
Topic:
Pioneer children.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Presidents -- United States.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Note:
CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; How something come from nothing -- A boy of the backwoods -- How Abraham saw the world -- How the rail-splitter raised himself -- Captain Lincoln -- How the storekeeper grew ambitious -- The honorable Mr. Lincoln -- How the county lawyer won fame -- How the backwoods boy became President -- How the flat-boatman guided the ship of state -- How Abraham Lincoln made his name immortal -- Why the people would not "swap horses" -- Abraham Lincoln the American.; Bound in cloth; frontispiece, illustrated front cover.; Copy 1: Handwritten inscription in ink on flyleaf: [May Etta] Bigelow, Oct. 30, 1927.; Copy 1: Book label: Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston.; Copy 2: Handwritten signature in ink on flyleaf and flyleaf verso: John Bradley, July 1910.; Copy 2 includes [2] p. of the publisher's advertisements at end.
OCLC Number:
ocm00761263
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets