In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to “Honest Abe”, the author traces Lincoln’s ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky, his youth in Indiana, his adult life in Illinois and his years in the White House. She also provides a good background on the causes and course of the American Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809–April 15, 1865), the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest crisis, the Civil War, only to be assassinated less than a month after the war's end. Before his election as President, Lincoln was a lawyer, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Senate. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,[1][2] Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.

This text was prepared by volunteers associated with Heritage-History, using as copytext, The Story of Abraham Lincoln, by Mary Hamilton, from the Children's Heroes series, published by T.C. & E.C. Jack, LTD. of London, 1906. There are some historical errors in the text, such as erroneously naming Jefferson Davis as the Southern Democratic candidate for president running against Lincoln and Douglas in 1860 rather than John C. Breckinridge. However, the book makes a great summary of the life and character of Lincoln. PLEASE NOTE: Chapter 7 contains a single use of a slang work for African-Americans in a quotation. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and John Lieder)

Audio Book Chapters:

1. Boyhood
2. The Young Backwoodsman
3. Slavery
4. Lincoln the Lawyer
5. Defeat of the Little Giant
6. The New President and Secession
7. The War
8. Victory
9. O Captain! My Captain
   

Audio Book Music: Performed by Sungodabscondo.
Audio Book Artwork: A young Abe Lincoln.

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