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Text copyright 1989 by David A. Adler
Illustrations copyright 1989 by John C. and Alexandra Wallner
All rights reserved
Printed and bound in January 2010 at Worzalla, Stevens Point., WI, USA.
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L IBRARY OF C ONGRESS
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adler, David A.
A picture book of Abraham Lincoln/written by David A. Adler;
illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Follows the life of the popular president, from his
childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of
the Civil War.
ISBN 0-8234-0731-4

1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Juvenile literature.
2. PresidentsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature.
[1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 2. Presidents.] I. Wallner,
John C., ill. II. Wallner, Alexandra, ill. III. Title.
E457.905.A35 1989
973.70924 dc19
[B]
[92] 88-16393 CIP AC

ISBN-13: 978-0-8234-0731-6 (hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8234-0801-6 (paperback)

HOLIDAY HOUSE is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

For G ABRIELLA G OLDWYN

D.A.

Many thanks to K ATE, J OHN and M ARGERY.

J.W. and A.W.

A BRAHAM L INCOLN was born on February 12, 1809 in a one- room log cabin in Kentucky.

Abraham and his older sister Sarah helped in the house and on the farm. When they were not needed at home, they walked two miles to school and two miles back.

When Abraham was seven years old his family moved farther west, to Indiana. Abraham helped his father chop down trees. They cleared the land for their farm and built a new log cabin.

When Abraham was nine his mother died. A year later his father married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow with three children. Abrahams new stepmother was good to Abraham. He called her my angel mother.

Abraham loved books. Sometimes he walked many miles to borrow one. When he plowed the fields he often stopped to read.

In 1830, when Abraham was twenty- one, his family moved to Illinois. Abraham helped his father plant corn and build a fence and a new house.

Abraham was tall and thin. He was also very strong. In 1831 he and two other men built a flatboat. They floated it down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.

In New Orleans Abraham saw a slave market for the first time. Black slaves in chains were being sold like cat-tle. Seeing that done to people made Abraham misera-ble. He never forgot what he saw.

Abraham took a steamboat up the river to New Salem, Illinois where he worked as a clerk in a general store. He was twenty- two years old. Abraham laughed, told jokes and stories and loved to talk about politics. People liked him.

In 1834 Abraham Lincoln began to study law. Two years later he became a lawyer and moved to Spring-field, the new capital of Illinois.

Abraham ran for public office many times. He served in the Illinois legislature. For two years he was also a member of the United States House of Representatives.

In Springfield Abraham fell in love with Mary Todd. She was lively and smart. They were married in 1842.

They had four sons, Robert, Edward, William and Thomas.

In 1858 Abraham was chosen by the new Republican party to run for the United States Senate. He ran against Senator Stephen A. Douglas.

Abraham Lincoln spoke out against slavery. He and Senator Douglas had many debates. Lincoln lost the election, but the debates made him famous throughout the country.

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln ran against Senator Stephen A. Douglas for president of the United States. This time Abraham Lincoln was elected.

When Abraham Lincoln became president there were more than three million black slaves in the southern states. Voters in the South were not happy to have a president who hated slavery.

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