The story of the childhood and young adult years of Abraham Lincoln. Abe himself teels the story of his years in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. He encounters the same problems that young adults have faced for generations, tensions with a demanding parent, the need for friendship and the need to be alone, feeling shy and awkward around girls, and recurrent depression. Using primary sources, drawing mostly on materials gathered by Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, Jan Jacobi gives readers a portrait of Abraham Lincoln they do not encounter in their history books.
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