The Backwoods Boy
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Horatio Alger Jr.. The Backwoods Boy
CHAPTER I. THE LOG-CABIN
CHAPTER II. THE NEW MOTHER
CHAPTER III. ABE AND HIS FAMILY
CHAPTER IV. ABE’S SCHOOLING
CHAPTER V. ABE AND HIS NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER VI. A RIVER TRIP
CHAPTER VII. LINCOLN AS A CLERK
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE BLACK HAWK CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER IX. IN THE LEGISLATURE
CHAPTER X. A CASE IN COURT
CHAPTER XI. MR. LINCOLN FORMS TWO PARTNERSHIPS
CHAPTER XII. THE LAWYER IN HIS OFFICE AND AT HOME
CHAPTER XIII. THE RAIL-SPLITTER ENTERS CONGRESS
CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS
CHAPTER XV. MR. LINCOLN’S FAMILY
CHAPTER XVI. THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XVII. THE TWO GIANTS
CHAPTER XVIII. ILLINOIS DECLARES FOR THE RAIL-SPLITTER
CHAPTER XIX. NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XX. FAREWELL TO SPRINGFIELD
CHAPTER XXI. A VISIT TO MR. LINCOLN
CHAPTER XXII. THE INAUGURATION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAR BEGINS
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. LINCOLN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXV. MR. LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE BOY – A GROUP OF ANECDOTES
CHAPTER XXVI. MR. LINCOLN’S HUMANITY
CHAPTER XXVII. ANECDOTES OF MR. LINCOLN
CHAPTER XXVIII. PRESIDENT LINCOLN AS A RELIGIOUS MAN
CHAPTER XXIX. EMANCIPATING THE SLAVES
CHAPTER XXX. ELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CURTAIN FALLS
CHAPTER XXXIII. MR. HERNDON’S ESTIMATE OF MR. LINCOLN
CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. LINCOLN’S FAVORITE POEM
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Three children stood in front of a rough log-cabin in a small clearing won from the surrounding forest. The country round about was wild and desolate. Not far away was a vast expanse of forest, including oaks, beeches, walnuts and the usual variety of forest trees.
We are in Indiana, and the patch of land on which the humble log-cabin stood is between the forks of Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Creeks, a mile and a half east of Gentryville, a small village not then in existence.
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“There’s father!” exclaimed Abe, distinguishing with a boy’s keen vision the well-known figure of his father sitting beside the driver.
“Father and Uncle Ralph,” corrected Nancy.
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