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The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln

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The narrative follows Abraham Lincoln from his frontier ancestry and parents through a childhood of hard work, sparse schooling, and family hardship, recounting chores, moving west, and early self-education. It traces his first jobs, experiments with storekeeping and clerking, study of law, entrance into local politics, and the friendships and domestic ties that influenced him. Anecdotes and episodes emphasize his humor, empathy, and resolve, and later chapters connect formative experiences to his decisions on emancipation and national leadership while closing with reflections on family life and character.

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5. THE SUBMARINE BOYS' LIGHTNING CRUISE; or, The Young Kings of the Deep.

6. THE SUBMARINE BOYS FOR THE FLAG; or, Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam.

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Transcriber's Notes:

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