Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... coonskin cap , who could make an axe bite so deep into a tree . His stepmother sent him to school again for several months . In 1826 , too , he walked nine miles a day to attend a log - house school . He had new companions at home now ...
... coonskin cap , who could make an axe bite so deep into a tree . His stepmother sent him to school again for several months . In 1826 , too , he walked nine miles a day to attend a log - house school . He had new companions at home now ...
Page 27
... coonskin cap , who goaded on the oxen hitched to the clumsy wagon that creaked and lurched through the March mud and partly frozen streams on that terrible two weeks ' journey into the Sangamon country of Illinois . He said good - bye ...
... coonskin cap , who goaded on the oxen hitched to the clumsy wagon that creaked and lurched through the March mud and partly frozen streams on that terrible two weeks ' journey into the Sangamon country of Illinois . He said good - bye ...
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... coonskin cap to black cloth and a high silk hat simply emphasized the clumsy enormity of his figure . His skin was yellow and his face seamed and puck- ered . The gray eyes looked out of hollow sockets . The high cheek - bones protruded ...
... coonskin cap to black cloth and a high silk hat simply emphasized the clumsy enormity of his figure . His skin was yellow and his face seamed and puck- ered . The gray eyes looked out of hollow sockets . The high cheek - bones protruded ...
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