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The Backwoods Boy; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln

By Horatio Alger Jr.

2020-08-08 04:26:05

Among our public men, there is no one whose life can be studied with more interest and profit by American youth than that of Abraham Lincoln. It is not alone that, born in a humble cabin, he reached the highest position accessible to an American, but ... Read more
Among our public men, there is no one whose life can be studied with more interest and profit by American youth than that of Abraham Lincoln. It is not alone that, born in a humble cabin, he reached the highest position accessible to an American, but especially because, in every position which he was called upon to fill, he did his duty as he understood it, and freely sacrificed personal ease and comfort in the service of the humblest. This is the story of Lincoln’s boyhood and manhood. Less

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File size1659.386 KB
Print pages332
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1346909578
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Horatio Alger Jr.
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, most famous for his novels following the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and...

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