Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsReader's Digest Association, 1970 - 640 pages |
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... Salem neighborhood . The lizard story spun by the newcomer he said happened in Indiana . In a meetinghouse deep in the tall timbers , a preacher was deliv- ering a sermon , wearing old - fashioned baggy pantaloons fastened with one ...
... Salem neighborhood . The lizard story spun by the newcomer he said happened in Indiana . In a meetinghouse deep in the tall timbers , a preacher was deliv- ering a sermon , wearing old - fashioned baggy pantaloons fastened with one ...
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... Salem , answered , " There are no principal citizens ; every man in New Salem neighborhood is a principal citizen . ” In spare hours Lincoln had sessions with Men- tor Graham , the local schoolmaster , who told him of a grammar at John ...
... Salem , answered , " There are no principal citizens ; every man in New Salem neighborhood is a principal citizen . ” In spare hours Lincoln had sessions with Men- tor Graham , the local schoolmaster , who told him of a grammar at John ...
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... Salem grocer and a good boatsman , with Lincoln as assistant pilot . To get past New Salem they had to tear down part of the milldam . A slow four miles a day , sometimes nearly scraping river bot- tom , they made it to Beardstown ...
... Salem grocer and a good boatsman , with Lincoln as assistant pilot . To get past New Salem they had to tear down part of the milldam . A slow four miles a day , sometimes nearly scraping river bot- tom , they made it to Beardstown ...
Contents
Wilderness Beginnings | 17 |
New Salem Days | 33 |
The Young Legislator | 49 |
Copyright | |
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