"Let the book be read in every home in America."—Hartford Republican.
"We have read chapter after chapter of this work with unflagging interest."—Rochester Daily American.
"It is a volume for earnest men and boys to read and study."—Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
"A veritable biography of one of the most remarkable men of the time."—Concord Independent Democrat.
"The biography of one of the bravest, noblest, clearest-headed, largest-hearted, and most thoroughly self-made men in America."—Bradford Inquirer.
"Worthy of a place by the side of the life of Benjamin Franklin."—Hartford Religious Herald.
"We commend it to the study of young men."—St. Louis (Mo.) Republican.
"Written in a most graphic and entertaining style."—Christian Freeman.
"It is a useful book—a book that can not be read without profit."—Trumpet & Magazine.
"A faithful and full history of a man whom the public want to know all about."—Ellensville Journal.