CONTENTS

ChapterPage
Introduction[9]
I.Abraham Lincoln's Forefathers[15]
II.Abraham Lincoln's Father and Mother[24]
III.The Boy Lincoln's Best Teacher[33]
IV.Learning to Work[40]
V.Losing His Mother[52]
VI.School Days Now and Then.[62]
VII.Abe and the Neighbors[77]
VIII.Moving to Illinois[94]
IX.Starting Out for Himself[102]
X.Clerking and Working[115]
XI.Politics, War, Storekeeping, and Studying Law[126]
XII.Buying and Keeping a Store[140]
XIII.The Young Legislator in Love.[147]
XIV.Moving to Springfield[162]
XV.Lincoln & Herndon[184]
XVI.His Kindness of Heart[194]
XVII.What Made the Difference Between Abraham Lincoln and His Stepbrother[208]
XVIII.How Emancipation Came to Pass[215]
XIX.The Glory of Gettysburg[226]
XX."No End of a Boy"[234]
XXI.Lieutenant Tad Lincoln, Patriot[248]