Abe's Youth: Shaping the Future President

"A fascinating, in-depth examination" of Abraham Lincoln's life between the ages of seven and twenty-one (Johnson County Historical Society).

Although Lincoln's adult life as president, statesman, and savior of the Union has been well documented and analyzed, most biographers have regarded his early years as inconsequential to his career and accomplishments. But in 1920, a group of historians known as the Lincoln Inquiry were determined to give Lincoln's formative years their due.

Abe's You...