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NonﬁctionSequence• Glossary• Captions• Illustrations

Scott Foresman Social Studies

• At six feet four inches tall, AbrahamLincoln was the tallest President.• Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd,was from Kentucky.• People did not think Lincoln was ahandsome man. When a little girl namedGrace Bedell wrote him a letter sayinghe should grow a beard, he did!

ISBN 0-328-14390-1

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by Kristin Cashore

President Abraham Lincoln was famousfor the speeches he gave. In this book youwill learn why President Lincoln is so wellknown for the words he spoke and wrote.You will learn how his words made adifference during a very important timein history.

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Table of Contents

1. Lincoln Teaches Himself ...............................page 22. Lincoln Debates with Douglas .....................page 43. Lincoln Talks About Slavery .........................page 64. Lincoln Talks to Southerners ........................page 85. Lincoln’s Words During the War .................page106. We Remember Lincoln ................................page14

ISBN: 0-328-14390-1Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication isprotected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisherprior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmissionin any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orlikewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department,Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

by Kristin Cashore

Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New YorkSales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, IllinoisCoppell, Texas • Ontario, California • Mesa, Arizona

President Abraham Lincoln is rememberedfor many things. One thing we remember is the wonderful way he used words. WhenLincoln talked, people listened. Peoplestood in bad weather for hours to hear himspeak! They loved reading his writing too.How did Abraham Lincoln learn toread and write so well? Lincoln spent lessthan a year in school. He never went tocollege at all. But he was a great reader from the time he was very young.

Lincoln once worked as a “rail splitter.” He split logs for building fences and cabins.

Lincoln Teaches Himself

Lincoln was born in 1809. He and hisfamily were pioneers who lived on farmsin Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Their

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was a simple log cabin. Lincolnwas too busy helping on the farm to go toschool all the time. But he wanted to learn.He taught himself to read and write.He studied what he read. He taughthimself math. Abraham Lincoln decidedto become a lawyer. He could not go to lawschool, so he taught himself law!

Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin when he was young.