In the Boyhood of Lincoln: A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk (Classic Reprint)

American institutions, and it is the purpose of this book, which is a true picture in a framework of fiction, to show how that character, which so commanded the hearts and the confidence of men, was formed. He who in youth unselfishly seeks the good of others, without fear or favor, may be ridiculed, but he makes for himself a character fit to govern others, and one that the people will one day need and honor. The secret of A braham Lincoln ssuccess was the faith that right makes might. This principle the book seeks by abundant story-telling to illustrate and make clear. In this volume, as in the Log School-H ouse on the Columbia, the adventures of a pioneer school-master are made to represent the early history of a newly settled country. The Log School-H ouse on the Columbia gave a view of the early history of Oregon and Washington. This volume collects many of the Indian romances and cabin tales of the early settlers of I llinois, and pictures the hardships and manly struggles of one who by force of early character made himself the greatest of representative A mericans.
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