Clara Judson's Abraham Lincoln: Friend Of The People

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Clara Ingram Judson
Abraham Lincoln: Friend of the People
2007
Abraham Lincoln: Friend of the People. Though I would not recommend this book, it’s very good if you want to know Abe Lincoln’s whole life story. The purpose of this book is to give the reader a better view of his life, as it explains every small detail. It was very slow, and difficult to read at first. The book was especially awkward because Clara Judson wrote how they spoke. This includes: “air” instead of are, “Virginny” instead of Virginia, and “yer” instead of your. The book was written very well and neat, and the sequence was in the order of his life, as one would expect, but the author did not make it very clear when she skipped years. On one page, for example, it’s talking about how Abraham Lincoln passed away, and his father’s grieving of her death, and a few pages later, it had been nine years since she had passed. …show more content…

The book states that he only went to school for a total of less than twelve months, but he never stopped learning. At school, he gained the knowledge of how to teach himself reading, writing, and arithmetic, as long as he could borrow books. It states on page 72, “Lincoln always felt handicapped by what he called ‘his lack of education.’” As Lincoln grew older, and the more he taught himself, one could see that his speeches, writings, and his lifework showed that he was actually quite educated. Throughout the book there were recurring themes of his knowledge and

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