Citizen of New Salem (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Horgan
- First Published: 1961
- Time of Work: 1830–1837
- Setting: New Salem, Illinois
- Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Denton Offutt, Jack Armstrong, Black Hawk, Rowan Herndon, Mentor Graham, William F. Berry, Anne Rutledge
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Politics, Nineteenth century, Politicians, Lawyers, Small-town life, Presidents, Biography, Log cabins or houses
- Locales: New Salem, IL
Form and Content
Award-winning historical writer Paul Horgan was asked by the editors of The Saturday Evening Post to write a biographical essay devoted to Abraham Lincoln’s formative years as a young citizen of New Salem, Illinois, in honor of the centennial of Lincoln’s first inauguration in 1861. The chronicle was subsequently published as the book Citizen of New Salem. It covers Lincoln’s life from the age of twenty-one until he was twenty-eight, years that came to be seen as having been very important to the development of the future president. Each of...
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