The Backwoods Boy or The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
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T h e B a c k wo o d s B o y OR THE BOYHOOD AND MANHOOD OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE BACKWOODS BOY.
CHAPTER I. THE LOG-CABIN.
CHAPTER II. THE NEW MOTHER.
CHAPTER III. ABE AND HIS FAMILY.
CHAPTER IV. ABE’S SCHOOLING.
CHAPTER V. ABE AND HIS NEIGHBORS.
CHAPTER VI. A RIVER TRIP.
CHAPTER VII. LINCOLN AS A CLERK
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE BLACK HAWK CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER IX. IN THE LEGISLATURE.
CHAPTER X. A CASE IN COURT
CHAPTER XI. MR. LINCOLN FORMS TWO PARTNERSHIPS
CHAPTER XII. THE LAWYER IN HIS OFFICE AND AT HOME.
CHAPTER XIII. THE RAIL-SPLITTER ENTERS CONGRESS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS.
CHAPTER XV. MR. LINCOLN’S FAMILY.
CHAPTER XVI. THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XVII. THE TWO GIANTS.
CHAPTER XVIII. ILLINOIS DECLARES FOR THE RAIL-SPLITTER.
TWO RAILS
CHAPTER XIX. NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT.
CHAPTER XX. FAREWELL TO SPRINGFIELD.
CHAPTER XXI. A VISIT TO MR. LINCOLN.
CHAPTER XXII. THE INAUGURATION.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAR BEGINS.
THE VOICE OF THE NORTH.
THE VOICE OF THE SOUTH.
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. LINCOLN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXV. MR. LINCOLN AND THE LITTLE BOY—A GROUP OF ANECDOTES.
CHAPTER XXVI. MR. LINCOLN’S HUMANITY.
Another Case.
CHAPTER XXVII. ANECDOTES OF MR. LINCOLN.
The President and the Paymaster.
The Interviewer.
How Mr. Lincoln secured a Ride.
The President’s Influence.
The German Lieutenant.
A Pass for Richmond.
Mr. Lincoln and the Preacher.
Mr. Lincoln and his Advisers.
CHAPTER XXVIII. PRESIDENT LINCOLN AS A RELIGIOUS MAN.
CHAPTER XXIX. EMANCIPATING THE SLAVES.
CHAPTER XXX. ELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CURTAIN FALLS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. MR. HERNDON’S ESTIMATE OF MR. LINCOLN.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. LINCOLN’S FAVORITE POEM.
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