The film chronicles the early life of Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. It highlights his family's struggles during their westward migration, including the death of his mother ...

The short and simple annals of the poor -- Young man on his own -- Frontier legislator: his love affairs -- Courtship and marriage -- Lawyer-politician -- The gentleman from Illinois -- Echoes of ...

New Light on Lincoln's Boyhood. by Arthur E. Morgan The larger part of our information concerning Abraham Lincoln's boyhood is derived from his own brief reference to that period, ...