From Pioneer Home to the White House: Life of Abraham Lincoln; Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, Assassination, Death |
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... soon as it can be prepared , bearing the title , FROM FARM HOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE . These three - Washington , Lincoln , and Garfield - remarkably alike in their early precocity and the wisdom and influence of manhood - furnish ...
... soon as it can be prepared , bearing the title , FROM FARM HOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE . These three - Washington , Lincoln , and Garfield - remarkably alike in their early precocity and the wisdom and influence of manhood - furnish ...
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... Soon , however , Josiah arrived from the stockade with a party of settlers ; and the savages fled , leaving their dead comrade and a wounded one behind them . Mordecai had done good execution with his rifle . That was the darkest day ...
... Soon , however , Josiah arrived from the stockade with a party of settlers ; and the savages fled , leaving their dead comrade and a wounded one behind them . Mordecai had done good execution with his rifle . That was the darkest day ...
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... soon as they came in sight of them , taking good care not to hit the children . Not one shot hit an Indian , but the at tack was so sudden and uproarious , that the red - skins were scared half out of their wits ; and they ran away as ...
... soon as they came in sight of them , taking good care not to hit the children . Not one shot hit an Indian , but the at tack was so sudden and uproarious , that the red - skins were scared half out of their wits ; and they ran away as ...
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... soon removed to the other shanty on the aforesaid Creek . This is how and why Thomas Lincoln , father of Abraham , became the proprietor of the rickety habi- tation in Hardin county , that we have described to the reader . Here three ...
... soon removed to the other shanty on the aforesaid Creek . This is how and why Thomas Lincoln , father of Abraham , became the proprietor of the rickety habi- tation in Hardin county , that we have described to the reader . Here three ...
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... soon after the twain became one flesh . " Never too old to learn . " " That's a question , " responded her husband , who was one of the easy bodies , who could scarcely think it worth while for a man to go to school , even to his wife ...
... soon after the twain became one flesh . " Never too old to learn . " " That's a question , " responded her husband , who was one of the easy bodies , who could scarcely think it worth while for a man to go to school , even to his wife ...
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From Pioneer Home to the White House: Life of Abraham Lincoln, Boyhood ... William Makepeace Thayer No preview available - 2013 |
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