1906. Andrews' story was founded on a true incident involving Abraham Lincoln's kindness to a drummer boy. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1906. Andrews' story was founded on a true incident involving Abraham Lincoln's kindness to a drummer boy. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

"August First" from Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. American writer (1860-1936).

"Joy in the Morning" from Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. American writer (1860-1936).

"The Militants" from Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. American writer (1860-1936).

A romance. The long fingers pulled at the clerical collar as if they might tear it away. The alert figure swung across the room to the one window not wide open and the man pushed up the three inches possible. "Whee " he brought out again, boyishly, and thrust away the dusty vines that hung against the opening from the stone walls of the parish house close by. He gasped; looked about as if in desperate need of relief; struck back the damp hair from his face. The heat was insufferable. In the west black-gray clouds rolled up like blankets, shutting out heaven and air; low thunder growled; at...

Mary Raymond Shipman Andrew's most famous work about Abraham Lincoln. On the morning of November 18, 1863, a special train drew out from Washington, carrying a distinguished company. The presence with them of the Marine Band from the Navy Yard spoke a public occasion to come, and among the travellers there were those who might be gathered only for an occasion of importance. There were judges of the Supreme Court of the United States; there were heads of departments; the general-in-chief of the army and his staff; members of the cabinet. In their midst, as they stood about the car before...