There I Grew Up : Remembering Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Youth

by Bartelt, William E.

• ISBN13: 9780871952639
• ISBN10: 0871952637
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abraham Lincoln Remembers Indiana
"There I grew up": Lincoln's Indiana in Context	p. 1
"The old homestead in Indiana": The Statement for John L. Scripps	p. 9
"My childhood's home I see again": Lincoln's Poetry about Indiana	p. 43
The Lincoln Family Remembers Indiana
"The inner life of Mr. L.": William Henry Herndon Collects the Memories	p. 59
"He was the best boy I ever saw": Sarah (Sally) Bush Johnston Lincoln	p. 63
"He loved us all": Matilda Johnston Hall Moore	p. 73
"[I] knew him intimately and well": Dennis Friend Hanks	p. 77
The Neighbors Remember Lincoln in Indiana
"Old friends of my boyhood": The Little Pigeon Creek Community	p. 101
"The man soared above us": Nathaniel Grigsby	p. 115
"Could I only whisper in her Ear-'Your Son was Presdt'": William Henry Herndon Visits the Sites	p. 127
"A boy of Extraordinary mind": David Turnham	p. 141
"Abe was always a man though a boy": William Wood	p. 153
"Said that he would be Presidt of the US": Elizabeth Crawford	p. 159
"I hit him with an Ear of Corn": Green B. Taylor	p. 171
"Learned boy among us unlearned folks": Anna Caroline Roby Gentry	p. 177
"I want a history written that is all true": Memories and Interpretations after Herndon	p. 181
Appendix	p. 193
Abraham Lincoln in Indiana Chronology	p. 195
Notes	p. 201
Selected Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 227
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