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Horatio Jr. Alger. The Backwoods Boy; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
The Backwoods Boy; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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
TWO RAILS
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
THE VOICE OF THE NORTH
THE VOICE OF THE SOUTH
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
Another Case
CHAPTER XXVII. ANECDOTES OF MR. LINCOLN
The President and the Paymaster
The Interviewer
How Mr. Lincoln secured a Ride
The President’s Influence
The German Lieutenant
A Pass for Richmond
Mr. Lincoln and the Preacher
Mr. Lincoln and his Advisers
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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Horatio Jr. Alger
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Nat bows, and, taking him by the arm, leads him from bench to bench, presenting him to his fellow-pupils, as though he were a guest going the rounds in a drawing-room. Abe, who was never without a sense of fun, no doubt stole timorous glances askance at his rustic garb as he strode here and there, bowing politely to the boys and girls whom he knew so well. Yet it is possible that this exercise may have made it less awkward for him in later days to attend to his social duties when events brought him prominently before the country.
So far from laughing at Master Crawford’s instruction in manners, I am disposed to think very favorably of it. He must on the whole have been a sensible man, and no doubt had a considerable influence over the rough boys who submitted willingly to what possibly struck them as ludicrous.
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