Abe Lincoln Grows Up (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- 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
Form and Content
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...
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Carl Sandburg (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Carl Sandburg (Poetry)Carl Sandburg (Dictionary of World Biography)Carl Sandburg (Identities and Issues)
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