Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham LincolnStackpole Books, 2006 - 251 pages One hundred and fifty anecdotes and stories by and about Abraham Lincoln, organized into the major phases of his life:
Published in 1879, the anecdotes show the zest and potency that made Lincoln such a remarkable man. The stories are beautifully narrated by many of Lincoln's colleagues and friends and edited by J. B. McClure, a prominent publisher in Chicago, who was a master of the "anecdotes" literary medium that was very popular in the mid-nineteenth century. |
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Contents
A Batch of Lincolns Reminiscences | 13 |
An Incident or Two Illustrating Lincolns Honesty | 22 |
Splitting Rails and Studying Mathematics | 25 |
When and Where Lincoln Obtained the Name of Honest Abe | 31 |
Captain LincolnHow he Became Captain | 38 |
General Linders Early Recollections of Lincoln | 46 |
Young Lincoln and his BooksTheir Influence on his Mind | 48 |
PROFESSIONAL LIFE | 55 |
Lincoln Cutting Red Tape 100 | 117 |
A Little Soldier Boy that Lincoln wanted to Bow to | 126 |
How Lincoln Illustrated What Might Be Done with Jeff Davis | 134 |
How Lincoln Relieved Rosecrans | 145 |
Lincolns Second NominationLincoln Sees Two Images of him | 153 |
An Amusing Illustration | 159 |
How Lincoln Helped to Build a BoatHow he Loaded the Live | 163 |
Interesting Anecdote of Lincoln related by Rev J P Gulliver | 173 |
An Honest LawyerSome of Lincolns Cases | 64 |
Hon Newton Batemans Story of Mr Lincoln | 75 |
An Instance where the Presidents Mind Wandered | 90 |
CriticismIts Effect on Mr LincolnA Bull Frog Story | 100 |
Lincoln and the Wall Street Gold Gamblers | 110 |
Lincolns Last Story and Last Written Words and Conversations | 179 |
The Merciful President 150 | 186 |
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