The Backwoods Boy

Three children stood in front of a rough log-cabin in a small clearing won from the surrounding forest. The country round about was wild and desolate. Not far away was a vast expanse of forest, including oaks, beeches, walnuts and the usual variety of forest trees.

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The Backwoods Boy

PREFACE.
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.
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.
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.
CHAPTER XXVII. ANECDOTES OF MR. LINCOLN.
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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