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Harriet Putnam. The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Young People, Told in Words of One Syllable
The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Young People, Told in Words of One Syllable
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE BABE OF THE LOG CABIN AND HIS KIN
CHAPTER II. THE NEW HOME AND THE FIRST GRIEF
CHAPTER III. READING BY THE FIRELIGHT; THE NEW MOTHER; THE FIRST DOLLAR
CHAPTER IV. THE SLAVE SALE. LINCOLN AS SOLDIER, POSTMASTER, SURVEYOR, AND LAWYER
CHAPTER V. LEADER FOR FREEDOM; LAW MAKER
CHAPTER VI. LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS
CHAPTER VII. THE PEOPLE ASK LINCOLN TO BE THEIR PRESIDENT
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR; THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS
CHAPTER IX. EARLY BATTLES OF THE WAR
CHAPTER X. GRANT WINS IN THE WEST, AND FARRAGUT AT NEW ORLEANS
CHAPTER XI. ANTIETAM, VICKSBURG, GETTYSBURG
CHAPTER XII. CHATTANOOGA, CHICKAMAUGA, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG SPEECH
CHAPTER XIII. GRANT IN THE EAST. LINCOLN CHOSEN FOR SECOND TERM
CHAPTER XIV. RETURN OF PEACE; LINCOLN SHOT; HIS BURIAL AT SPRINGFIELD
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Harriet Putnam
Published by Good Press, 2021
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CHAPTER XIV. RETURN OF PEACE; LINCOLN SHOT; HIS BURIAL AT SPRINGFIELD.
A sad thing came to the Lin-colns in 1784. A-bra-ham with his three sons went out to clear the land on their farm. A squad of In-di-ans was near. At the first shot from the brush the good fa-ther fell to the earth to breathe no more. The two old-er boys got a-way, but Thom-as, the third son, was caught up by a sav-age, and would have been tak-en off had not a quick flash come from the eld-est boy’s gun as he fired from the fort, tak-ing aim at a white or-na-ment on the Indian’s breast, and kill-ing him at once.
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