THE Fourth of July in America is a time of national rejoicing. It is also a time of national remembrance. On that day we are reminded, in one way or another, that we are Americans, and that we have a country to which we should be loyal and true. We are reminded, also, that this is the land of freedom and that it was made so by the toils and sufferings of brave and wise men who lived and died amid scenes and circumstances to which we are strangers. It is fitting that we should think of all these things on the Fourth of July, for that day is the birthday of our nation.
There was once a time, however, when the people living in America could not boast that they had a country of their own ; for they were ruled by the king and parliament of Great Britain who made laws for their government without asking their consent. The American colonists, as the people were then called, could not say that this was a land of freedom ; for they were made to pay taxes to the king, and were denied many of th
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CHAPTER PACE; I A Humble Home 25; II Boy Life in the Backwoods 31; III Restless Thomas Lincoln goes to Indiana 38; IV A Winter in a Half-faced Camp -A1 V How the Hewed-log House was built 44; VI A Great Sorrow 47; VII "My Angel Mother" 50; VIII Lonely Days at Pigeon Creek 54; IX Improved Conditions 56; X Not much Schooling, and yet a Little 61; XI Conning Books by the Firelight 64; XII Oratory at a Country Court 67; XIII Lincoln the Boatman 69; XIV New Orleans and the Mississippi 73; XV A Trial of New Fortunes 77; XVI The Winter of the Deep Snow 81; XVII Running a Village Store 85; XVIII Up in Black Hawk's Country 89; XIX Election - but not of Abraham Lincoln 95; XX * Law, Sir, Law!" 98; XXI In the Postal Service 100; XXII Following the Surveyor's Chain 103; XXIII Entering Politics in Earnest 106; BOOK THE SECOND -PROBATION; CHAPTER PAGE; I A Member of the Legislature114; II Between Vandalia and New Sa
There was once a time, however, when the people living in America could not boast that they had a country of their own ; for they were ruled by the king and parliament of Great Britain who made laws for their government without asking their consent. The American colonists, as the people were then called, could not say that this was a land of freedom ; for they were made to pay taxes to the king, and were denied many of th
Table of Contents
CHAPTER PACE; I A Humble Home 25; II Boy Life in the Backwoods 31; III Restless Thomas Lincoln goes to Indiana 38; IV A Winter in a Half-faced Camp -A1 V How the Hewed-log House was built 44; VI A Great Sorrow 47; VII "My Angel Mother" 50; VIII Lonely Days at Pigeon Creek 54; IX Improved Conditions 56; X Not much Schooling, and yet a Little 61; XI Conning Books by the Firelight 64; XII Oratory at a Country Court 67; XIII Lincoln the Boatman 69; XIV New Orleans and the Mississippi 73; XV A Trial of New Fortunes 77; XVI The Winter of the Deep Snow 81; XVII Running a Village Store 85; XVIII Up in Black Hawk's Country 89; XIX Election - but not of Abraham Lincoln 95; XX * Law, Sir, Law!" 98; XXI In the Postal Service 100; XXII Following the Surveyor's Chain 103; XXIII Entering Politics in Earnest 106; BOOK THE SECOND -PROBATION; CHAPTER PAGE; I A Member of the Legislature114; II Between Vandalia and New Sa
