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- The true story of Abraham…
- 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