Abraham Lincoln S Wilderness Years

Author : J. Edward Murr
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253062703

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Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years by J. Edward Murr Pdf

Abraham Lincoln spent a quarter of his life—from 1816 to 1830, ages 7 to 21—learning and growing in southwestern Indiana. Despite the importance of these formative years, Lincoln rarely discussed this period, and with his sudden, untimely death in 1865, mysterious gaps appear in recorded history. In Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years, Joshua Claybourn collects and annotates the most significant scholarship from J. Edward Murr, one of the only writers to cover this lost period of Lincoln's life. A Hoosier minister who grew up with the 16th president's cousins, Murr interviewed locals who knew Lincoln. Part I features selected portions of Murr's book-length manuscript on Lincoln's youth, published here for the first time. Part II offers a series by Murr on Lincoln's life in Indiana, originally printed in the Indiana Magazine of History. Part III reveals letters between Murr and US Senator Albert J. Beveridge, a prominent historian, about Beveridge's early manuscript of the biography Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1858. Of all Lincoln's biographers, none knew his boyhood associates and Indiana environment as well as Murr, whose complete Lincoln research and scholarship have never been published—until now. Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years preserves and celebrates this important source material, unique for studying Lincoln's boyhood years in Indiana.

Author : J. Edward Murr
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253062697

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Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years by J. Edward Murr Pdf

Abraham Lincoln spent a quarter of his life—from 1816 to 1830, ages 7 to 21—learning and growing in southwestern Indiana. Despite the importance of these formative years, Lincoln rarely discussed this period, and with his sudden, untimely death in 1865, mysterious gaps appear in recorded history. In Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years, Joshua Claybourn collects and annotates the most significant scholarship from J. Edward Murr, one of the only writers to cover this lost period of Lincoln's life. A Hoosier minister who grew up with the 16th president's cousins, Murr interviewed locals who knew Lincoln. Part I features selected portions of Murr's book-length manuscript on Lincoln's youth, published here for the first time. Part II offers a series by Murr on Lincoln's life in Indiana, originally printed in the Indiana Magazine of History. Part III reveals letters between Murr and US Senator Albert J. Beveridge, a prominent historian, about Beveridge's early manuscript of the biography Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1858. Of all Lincoln's biographers, none knew his boyhood associates and Indiana environment as well as Murr, whose complete Lincoln research and scholarship have never been published—until now. Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years preserves and celebrates this important source material, unique for studying Lincoln's boyhood years in Indiana.

Author : William Hanchett
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252064003

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Out of the Wilderness by William Hanchett Pdf

Hanchett's short, authoritative life of Lincoln will give readers a deeper understanding of how Lincoln's boyhood and young manhood helped shape his character. Readers will learn how Lincoln's self-directed study and clear thinking offset his lack of a formal education and enabled him to become a respected and successful attorney.

Author : Sidney Blumenthal
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501153785

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Wrestling With His Angel by Sidney Blumenthal Pdf

Explores how the sixteenth president rebounded from the disintegration of the Whig Party and took on the anti-Immigration party in Illinois to clear a path for a new Republican Party.

Author : Helen Nicolay
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1595404341

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The Boys Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay Pdf

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Abraham Lincoln's forefathers were pioneers - men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. For one hundred and seventy years, ever since the first American Lincoln came from England to Massachusetts in 1638, they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest. They faced solitude, privation, and all the dangers and hardships that beset men who take up their homes where only beasts and wild men have had homes before; but they continued to press steadily forward, though they lost fortune and sometimes even life itself, in their westward progress. Back in Pennsylvania and New Jersey some of the Lincolns had been men of wealth and influence. In Kentucky, where the future President was born on February 12, 1809, his parents lived in deep poverty.

Author : Peggy Thomas
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635923704

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Lincoln Clears a Path by Peggy Thomas Pdf

Throughout his life, Abraham Lincoln tried to make life easier for others. Then during the darkest days of the Civil War, when everyone needed hope, President Lincoln cleared a path for all Americans to a better future. As a boy, Abraham Lincoln helped his family break through the wilderness and struggle on a frontier farm. When Lincoln was a young man, friends made it easier for him to get a better education and become a lawyer, so as a politician he paved the way for better schools and roads. President Lincoln cleared a path to better farming, improved transportation, accessible education, and most importantly, freedom. Author Peggy Thomas uncovers Abraham Lincoln's passion for agriculture and his country while illustrator Stacy Innerst cleverly provides a clear look as President Lincoln strives for positive change.

Author : Helen Nicolay
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1437892655

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The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay Pdf

Abraham Lincoln's forefathers were pioneers-men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. For one hundred and seventy years ever since the first American Lincoln came from England to Massachusetts in 1638 they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest. (Excerpt)

Author : Charles W. Moores
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1331041031

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The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls (Classic Reprint) by Charles W. Moores Pdf

Excerpt from The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls Every American, over eight years old, ought to know the story of Abraham Lincoln's life. More than this, every American ought to know the best of Lincoln's writings. Above all, every American ought to know the man, Abraham Lincoln. To give to children an understanding of his great life, an appreciation of the simplicity and purity of his literary style, and a love of the man, has been the purpose of this little book. The effort has been to do this without departing from the dignity which maturer minds demand in the presentation of a personality that has won the love of us all. At the same time, the picture were incomplete without a portrayal of the humor that saved Lincoln from the madness to which the burden he carried might have driven him. The chapters which are not essentially political in their character, and therefore do not call for an elementary knowledge of American history, have been found suited to the use of children in the fifth and sixth grades; while, upon a thorough test, the whole book has proved well adapted for sight-reading in seventh and eighth grades. This test has shown the fulfillment of the author's purpose to give to the children a simple story of Lincoln's life, to stimulate a new interest in his writings, and to lead to a better understanding of Lincoln, the man. "A blend of mirth and sadness, smiles and tears; A quaint knight-errant of the pioneers; A homely hero born of star and sod; A Peasant Prince; a Masterpiece of God." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Meridel Le Sueur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1311560289

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Nancy Hanks of Wilderness Road: A Story of Abraham Lincoln's Mother by Meridel Le Sueur Pdf

Author : Mary Burtschi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Illinois
ISBN : UCAL:$B725817

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Vandalia by Mary Burtschi Pdf

Author : Carl Sandburg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : OCLC:174323732

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Abraham Lincoln, the War Years by Carl Sandburg Pdf

Author : Meridel Le Sueur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043084669

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Nancy Hanks of Wilderness Road by Meridel Le Sueur Pdf

Retells the story of Nancy Hanks, who grew up on the frontier and how she influenced her famous son.

Author : Susan Sloate
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307775825

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Abraham Lincoln: The Freedom President by Susan Sloate Pdf

The life and times of America's most famous champion of liberty, a man of peace whose fate was to lead a nation at war with itself. Join young Lincoln in the Kentucky wilderness and see how his thirst for knowledge and justice led him to the presidency, where he would be called upon to preserve the Union and abolish the evil of slavery forever.

Author : Noah Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798578178979

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Abraham Lincoln by Noah Brooks Pdf

"Mr. Brooks's story of the life of Abraham Lincoln is a distinct addition to our knowledge of the man and of the scenes through which he passed in becoming an uplifter of the human race. Mr. Brooks knew Lincoln well in Illinois, as well as later in Washington. He was himself a pioneer during some of the most stirring times on the border, and, in consequence, he has written in unusual sympathy with the difficulties and triumphs of border life. In the crude surroundings that then were the lot of all, the story of Lincoln's youth and early manhood possesses a peculiar interest. In such a tale we catch gleams of a true nature tucked away in the lank form and homespun, and we watch a character grow clear - outlined through the power of a strong moral nature. The wilderness afforded splendid tests of manly qualities, and kept the weak at bay. The axe, the maul, and the grubbing-hoe answered only to the quick eye and the sinewy frame. Abraham Lincoln, strong-hearted and true, swung, split, and dug in "the land of full-grown men"; and he emerged thence a leader among men. His experiences were singularly varied and dramatic; yet, in the main, they were typical of unnamed thousands of our fellows who wrote on the broad West the strongest characteristics of our race." - Frank Lincoln Olmstead

Author : William M. Thayer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 1038 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0259095761

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From Pioneer Home to the White House by William M. Thayer Pdf

Excerpt from From Pioneer Home to the White House: Life of Abraham Lincoln; Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, Assassination, Death HE author of this volume wrote the first Life of Abraham Lincoln - the pioneer boy, and how HE became president - which, after a very large sale, passed out of print in consequence of the destruction of the plates by fire. A Campaign Life of only thirty-two pages, relating chiefly to his public career, was issued at the West, after his nomination for the Presidency in 1860; but The Pioneer Boy was the first complete biography of the man. Dr. Holland said of it, several years later, in his Life Of Lincoln, A singularly faithful statement of the early experience of Abraham Lincoln. The materials for the Cam paign Life spoken of were furnished by Mr. Lincoln, and he very kindly directed that pamphlet, with a quantity of unused matter, to be passed into our hands, together with the names and addresses of several of his early associates, reared with him in the wilderness, and of intimate friends in later life, from whom the most valuable information, never before given to the public, was received. From these sources of knowledge The Pioneer Boy was prepared. In the preparation of this new, larger and more elab orate Life Of Lincoln, we have had, in addition to the above sources of information, others of even greater value, at least so far as his character and public services relate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.