Abe Lincoln Grows Up | Abe Lincoln Grows Up

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Author: Carl Sandburg
First Published: 1928
Time of Work: 1776–1831
Setting: Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, and Illinois
Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Tom Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Sarah Bush Lincoln, Mike Fink, Andrew Jackson, Jonathan Chapman, John James Audubon
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Children's literature
Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Nineteenth century, Eighteenth century, Legends, Rivers or waterways, Small-town life, Biography
Locales: Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana

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Carl Sandburg’s Abe Lincoln Grows Up is a biography, an American history text, a world history text, and a sociological study of the United States at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The book tells the saga of the Lincoln family, beginning with Abraham Lincoln’s grandfather and continuing until Abe is nineteen years of age. The numerous black-and-white illustrations by James Daugherty add much to the story.

Sandburg presents Lincoln’s biography against a backdrop of American and world history, as well as the sociological aspects of...

Abe Lincoln Grows Up | Abe Lincoln Grows Up

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Form and Content

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