Abraham Lincoln by Noah Brooks

[Gene C]

Full title - Abraham Lincoln - His Youth and Early Manhood With a Brief Account of His Later Life

In spite of the title, almost 50% of the book is the "Brief Account of His Later Life, dealing with the Lincoln - Douglas debates through his presidency and death.

It's available on Internet Archives
https://archive.org/details/abrahamlinco...9/mode/2up

This is the edition I have. This book appears to be a shorter version of Brooks's book Abraham Lincoln, a biography for young people (also in the Internet Archives).
Both of these books seem to be age appropriate for older teens to adults.

Here is a short biography about Brooks from a link from Mr. Lincoln & Friends
http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-j...ah-brooks/

Two interesting sections from the book:
Lincoln's father - " and easy-going, but neither industrious nor enterprising. Unable to read until after his marriage, he invariably put on his lack of education all
responsibility for his failures in life ; and these were
many. To his credit it should be said that he resolved
no child of his should ever be crippled as he had been
for lack of knowledge of the commonest rudiments of
learning.(page 3)

Bowlin Green - The debt incurred by the "winking out" of the
store of Berry & Lincoln pressed upon him. So vast
did it seem that he was accustomed to speak of it as "
the national debt." But, unlike most national debts,
it was ultimately paid. In the course of business, the
notes that he and Berry had given for the stock-in-
trade fell into the hands of a person who was more
than usually impatient ; for every man's credit, in
those days, was unlimited. The creditor in this case
seized Lincoln's horse, saddle, and bridle and sold
them under a sheriff's execution. One of Lincoln's
steadfast friends, Bolin Greene, attended the sale, from
which Lincoln, greatly cast down in his mind, absented
himself. Greene bought the outfit, and, to Lincoln's
great surprise and relief, gave them to him with the
injunction, " Pay for them, Abe, when you get ready,
and if you never get ready, it 's all the same to me."
Not long after this, Bolin Greene — long be his name
remembered ! — died, and Lincoln was asked by his
townsmen of New Salem to deliver a eulogy at his
burial. The rising young lawyer attempted the grateful task, but his voice failed him. The tears ran down
his cheeks as he rose to speak, and, overcome with
emotion, he sat down without saying a word. (page 44-45)

Available from Amazon from several different printers
https://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-E...898&sr=1-7

I'd rate this as fair, due to limited illustrations. Some parts were good, others parts, fair