The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln

1906

Helen Nicolay's 1906 life of Lincoln for young readers, built from the ten-volume history her father wrote as Lincoln's private secretary. From the Kentucky cabin to Ford's Theatre in thirteen chapters.

A President's Childhood
Captain Lincoln
Lawyer Lincoln
Congressman Lincoln
The Champion of Freedom
The New President
Lincoln and the War
Unsuccessful Generals
Freedom for the Slaves
The Man Who Was President
The Turning Point of the War
The Conqueror of a Great Rebellion
The Fourteenth of April