Children's Books

[Gene C]

The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls by Charles w. Moores
copyright 1909 with 132 pages.

Available on Internet Archives - https://archive.org/details/lifeofabraha...7/mode/2up

A well written short biography originally intended for fifth grade students and up, it's also suitable for adults.

The highlights of the book - several sections I found interesting and you can read them by using the link above
- Thomas and carpentry (page 4)
- Abraham's first winter in Indiana & Abraham shoots a turkey- (page 10-11)
- His exposure to superstition and the supernatural - (page 16-17)
- Lincoln, Jack Armstrong and the Clary Grove gang (page 27)

- Treatment of slaves in the south (page 42)
- Law practice on the circuit (page 45-51)
- Lincoln and Douglas (page 59-63)

- Voting attitude of preachers in Springfield (page 79-80)
- Farewell to Springfield (page 83)
- Short remark about assassination letters (page 88)

- Douglas holds Lincoln's hat at the inauguration (page 90)
- the situation as President Lincoln saw it on the day he entered the White House (page 93-94)
- Letters of condolence (page 103, 105-106)
- Lincoln meets General George Pickett's wife in Richmond (page 113)

- Lincoln's death. John Wilkes Booth's name is never mentioned. This section received very little attention, about two pages. My guess is the author wanted to focus on Lincoln's life and not his death.

A few of these sections in the book are somewhat historically questionable (since this was written our knowledge and details of Lincoln's life has increased), but they have their place and purpose in telling the story of Lincoln's life. I enjoyed reading it, it's one of the better books I've read this year, and can recommend it.

You can find copies on Amazon and ABE Books
https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/tit...ores/used/