Max choice fm biography of abraham lincoln

Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally!

This first volume traces Lincoln from his birth in through his education in the political arts, rise to the Congress, and fall into the wilderness from.

Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Abraham Lincoln—a story about honesty, leadership, and staying true to your values.

Abraham Lincoln The annual reports, containing the addresses, present a choice series of Lincoln eulogies.

The Intellectual Milieu of Abraham Lincoln.

Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Abraham Lincoln—a story about honesty, leadership, and staying true to your values..

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Allen C. Guelzo, Ph.D.

InstitutionPrinceton University

Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania

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John Locke Scripps, who had convinced Lincoln to write his first campaign autobiography, asserted that the 16th president had become "the Great American Man—the grand central figure in American (perhaps the World's) History." Historians still find it hard to quibble with this opinion of Lincoln's place in the story of...

Abraham Lincoln was born with little more than his own natural talents.

His father, Thomas, was more than contented with the life of a classic Jeffersonian farmer in Kentucky. When the Lincolns moved from Indiana to Illinois in 1830, Abraham struck out on his own and never looked back.

Lincoln's entry into politics coincided with the emergence of a new national political party, the Whigs, founded by Henry Clay.

Lincoln moved into the forefront of Whig agitation in Illinois to improve busines