Author: Dale Thomas
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614237735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
At the age of twenty-two, Abraham Lincoln arrived in New Salem, Illinois, as a "strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy" (in his own words). He did not remain friendless for long. Meet the community that welcomed him: Bennett and Elizabeth Abell, the couple who guided him through heartache; Mary Owens, Elizabeth Abell's sister who helped educate him in the realm of the heart; Mentor Graham, the schoolmaster who helped teach him; Bowling Green, the jolly justice of the peace who allowed Lincoln to practice law before his court; and Slicky Bill Greene, who clerked with Lincoln at a frontier dry goods store. Making good use of primary sources overlooked by many historians, Dale Thomas helps flesh out the important story of Lincoln's formative years in Menard County.
Lincoln's Old Friends of Menard County, Illinois
Author: Dale Thomas
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614237735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
At the age of twenty-two, Abraham Lincoln arrived in New Salem, Illinois, as a "strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy" (in his own words). He did not remain friendless for long. Meet the community that welcomed him: Bennett and Elizabeth Abell, the couple who guided him through heartache; Mary Owens, Elizabeth Abell's sister who helped educate him in the realm of the heart; Mentor Graham, the schoolmaster who helped teach him; Bowling Green, the jolly justice of the peace who allowed Lincoln to practice law before his court; and Slicky Bill Greene, who clerked with Lincoln at a frontier dry goods store. Making good use of primary sources overlooked by many historians, Dale Thomas helps flesh out the important story of Lincoln's formative years in Menard County.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614237735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
At the age of twenty-two, Abraham Lincoln arrived in New Salem, Illinois, as a "strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy" (in his own words). He did not remain friendless for long. Meet the community that welcomed him: Bennett and Elizabeth Abell, the couple who guided him through heartache; Mary Owens, Elizabeth Abell's sister who helped educate him in the realm of the heart; Mentor Graham, the schoolmaster who helped teach him; Bowling Green, the jolly justice of the peace who allowed Lincoln to practice law before his court; and Slicky Bill Greene, who clerked with Lincoln at a frontier dry goods store. Making good use of primary sources overlooked by many historians, Dale Thomas helps flesh out the important story of Lincoln's formative years in Menard County.
Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln in Menard County Illinois (Salem & Petersburg)
Author: Thompson Gains Onstot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mason County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mason County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois
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Category : Mason County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mason County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
New Salem: A History of Lincoln's Alma Mater
Author: Joseph M. Di Cola, Foreword by Terry W. Jones
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1829, eleven years after Illinois became the twenty-first state, New Salem was founded on a bluff above the Sangamon River. The village provided an essential sanctuary for a friendless, penniless boy named Abraham Lincoln, whose six years there shaped his education and nurtured his ambition. Eclipsed by the neighboring settlement of Petersburg, New Salem had dwindled into a ghost town by 1840. However, it reemerged in the early part of the twentieth century as one of the most successful preservation efforts in American history. Author Joseph Di Cola relates the full story of New Salem's fascinating heritage.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1829, eleven years after Illinois became the twenty-first state, New Salem was founded on a bluff above the Sangamon River. The village provided an essential sanctuary for a friendless, penniless boy named Abraham Lincoln, whose six years there shaped his education and nurtured his ambition. Eclipsed by the neighboring settlement of Petersburg, New Salem had dwindled into a ghost town by 1840. However, it reemerged in the early part of the twentieth century as one of the most successful preservation efforts in American history. Author Joseph Di Cola relates the full story of New Salem's fascinating heritage.
Civil War Soldiers of Greater Cleveland
Author: Dale Thomas
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625845413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Civil War interrupted the area around Cleveland, Ohio, in the middle of its great leap into prosperity, redirecting its men into military camps and its industrial strength into munitions and provisions. Dale Thomas roots his story in the letters that kept the ordinary soldiers from Cuyahoga County tethered to their families and friends on the home front, even as they moved from battlefield to battlefield, through sickness and captivity. For many, these letters were the only part of them to make it back--their final legacy to a community they had helped to build.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625845413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Civil War interrupted the area around Cleveland, Ohio, in the middle of its great leap into prosperity, redirecting its men into military camps and its industrial strength into munitions and provisions. Dale Thomas roots his story in the letters that kept the ordinary soldiers from Cuyahoga County tethered to their families and friends on the home front, even as they moved from battlefield to battlefield, through sickness and captivity. For many, these letters were the only part of them to make it back--their final legacy to a community they had helped to build.
Lincoln the Litigant
Author: William Henry Townsend
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Pioneers of Menard and Mason Counties
Author: Thompson Gains Onstot
Publisher:
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Category : Mason County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
David F. Nelson collection.
Publisher:
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Category : Mason County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
David F. Nelson collection.
One of Mr. Lincoln's Old Friends
Author: Moses Coit Tyler
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Lincoln Addresses and Letters
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Lincoln at New Salem
Author: Thomas P. Reep
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Salem (Menard County, Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A biography of the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) when he lived in New Salem, Menard County, Illinois & a history of New Salem & the people who settled there during this time.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Salem (Menard County, Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A biography of the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) when he lived in New Salem, Menard County, Illinois & a history of New Salem & the people who settled there during this time.