Abe's Youth

Shaping the Future President

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av William Bartelt, Joshua Claybourn, William E Bartelt, Joshua A Claybourn

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Since his death, Abraham Lincoln has been celebrated as savior of the Union, proponent for emancipation, president of the United States, and skilled statesman. Although Lincoln's adult life has been well documented and analyzed, most biographers have regarded his early years as inconsequential to his career and accomplishments.In 1920 a group of historians known as the Lincoln Inquiry were determined to give Lincoln's formative years their due. Abe's Youth takes a look into their writings, which focus on Lincoln's life between 7 and 21 years of age. By filling in the gaps on Lincoln's childhood, these authors shed light on how his experiences growing up influenced the man he became. As the first fully annotated edition of the Lincoln Inquiry papers, Abe's Youth offers indispensable reading for anyone hoping to learn about Lincoln's early life.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor320
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253043894

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William E. "Bill" Bartelt is a Lincoln historian and author of There I Grew Up: Remembering Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Youth and other books. For many years Bartelt worked as a ranger and historian at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. He is a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Association and the Indiana Historical Society, and received the Indiana Historical Society's "Hoosier Historian" award in 2003. Joshua A. Claybourn is an attorney and author or editor of several books, including Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative. A widely published commentator on legal, political, and historical topics, Claybourn has also appeared as a guest on CNN, MSNBC, and NHK. He is a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Association.

ForewordPreface IntroductionWorks from Indiana's Lincoln InquiryPart 1: Lincoln's Hoosier Influences1. Lincoln's Boyhood Days in Indiana / Roscoe Kiper2. Lincoln's Environment in Indiana / Roscoe Kiper3. Lincoln in Indiana / William FortunePart 2: Lincoln's Neighbors and Influences4. Lincoln's Indiana Neighbors / Bess V. Ehrmann5. Life of James Gentry Jr. / J. Helen Rhoades6. The Grigsbys / Calder (Bess) Ehrmann7. More Lincoln Memories / Nancy Grigsby Inco8. Biographical Sketch of Josiah and Elizabeth (Anderson) Crawford / Will Adams9. Daniel Grass / Laura Mercy Wright10. The Athe Meeks Sr. Tragedy / Aaron Meeks11. The Mystery of Lincoln's Melancholy / Louis A. Warren12. Lincoln and the Wool-Carder's Beautiful Niece / Jesse N. Weik13. Word Pictures of Pioneer Families and Lincoln Contemporaries / Bess V. Ehrmann14. Interviews with Spencer County Pioneers about 1895 / T. H. Masterson15. Early Days in Spencer County / Daniel HayfordPart 3: Lincoln's Neighborhood and Environment16. The Lincolns and Their Home in Spencer County, Indiana / C. C. Scheeder17. An Interview with James Atlas Jones on the Lincoln Cabin in Spencer County / George H. Honig18. The Lincolns' Eastward Environment / Thomas James de la Hunt19. Some Early Troy History / Sallie Bergenroth20. Early Agriculture in Spencer County, Indiana / David H. Morgan21. Materia Medica of Pioneer Indiana / H. C. KnappPart 4: Lincoln and the Law22. Environment and Opportunities of Lincoln in Indiana / Elbert Hayford23. John A. Brackenridge / Eldora Minor Raleigh24. John Pitcher / Alice L. Harper Hanby25. Judge John Pitcher / John E. CoxPart 5: The Lincoln Inquiry26. The Environments of Abraham Lincoln in Indiana: The Best Witnesses / Anna C. O'Flynn27. The Lincolns in Spencer County / Ida D. Armstrong28. The Artist's Ideal of Lincoln / George H. Honig29. What Indiana Did for Lincoln / Bess V. Ehrmann30. Correspondence Between Lincoln Historians and This Society / John H. IglehartLincoln and Southwestern Indiana ChronologyIndex

"Abe's Youth is positively fascinating, and not just for those who are interested in Abraham Lincoln. This book in many ways provides a history of the first 100 years of Spencer County, IN."—Kathy Tretter, The Spencer County Leader"The editors have at last made easily available a host of sources, barely known or unknown even to Lincoln experts, and this compactness alone provides their purpose. Yet for the casual reader interested in the springtime of Lincoln's life, these now-uncovered tales also trot along at a summertime clip. It is fine reading — what Herndon missed, the Indiana historians found. Among these 30 short sections, we find rich clues to such questions as 'Why did Lincoln become a Henry Clay Whig rather than an Andrew Jackson Democrat?' and 'Was his background a burden, or an inspiration, to his later greatness?' Women like Ida Tarbell and Bess V. Ehrmann; men like John Iglehart and Roscoe Kiper now blaze our path anew. Here you will even find precise details from a settler on how to make a fire, and the fascinating terms those folk used for the tools. "—James M. Cornelius, Ph.D., Editor, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association"William Bartelt and Joshua Claybourn have done Lincoln scholars and the general public an immensely valuable service. Aware of both the value and the limitations of the Lincoln Inquiry's evidence regarding Lincoln's Hoosier roots, they have here produced a careful, meticulous and balanced volume of primary source material that will be indispensable for anyone who wishes to investigate Lincoln's Indiana years."—Brian Dirck, Professor of History, Anderson University, and author of Lincoln in Indiana"Abe's Youth offers a fascinating, in-depth examination of the future president and the time and environment in which he grew up."—Johnson County Historical Society"Abe's Youth provides a convenient way to access some of the important work of the Indiana Lincoln Inquiry."—Indiana Magazine of History