How Lincoln Learned to Read: Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them

“This is a terrific book…Broad in scope, peppered with detail, insightful, it could be the basis for a classroom or book club review of American history from our founding as a nation through the 20th century.”—Christian Science Monitor

Daniel Wolff examines the early lives and educations of twelve notable Americans, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley—the lessons they learned inside the classroom and out. How Lincoln Learned to Read is a vividly told history of American ideas, providing a hopeful look at the enterprise of education and the divergent paths to success.