CONTENTS: A PRESIDENT'S CHILDHOOD CAPTAIN LINCOLN LAWYER LINCOLN CONGRESSMAN LINCOLN THE CHAMPION OF FREEDOM THE NEW PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE WAR UNSUCCESSFUL GENERALS FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES THE MAN WHO WAS PRESIDENT THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR THE CONQUEROR OF A GREAT REBELLION THE FOURTEENTH OF APRIL

Helen Nicolay was the daughter of John Nicolay. John was the secretary to President Abraham Lincoln and along with Hay wrote an extensive biography of Lincoln. Nicolay has written an excellent biography for younger readers. She uses language easy for her reader to understand and at the same time she does not talk down to them. This is an excellent choice for any student studying American History.

The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln is a classic Abraham Lincoln biography by Helen Nicolay. Abraham Lincoln's forefathers were pioneers--men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. For one hundred and seventy years, ever since the first American Lincoln came from England to Massachusetts in 1638, they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest.