Lincoln's Youth: Indiana Years 1816-1830

Lincoln's Youth: Indiana Years 1816-1830 by Warren, Louis Austin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780871950628.

First published in 1959 to mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincolns birth, Louis A. Warrens classic study of Lincolns formative years in Indiana tracks his growth from awkward boy to serious young man poised on the brink of a brilliant career. Here are fascinating glimpses of Lincolns family life, the people he knew, the places he visited, his physical development, and the tragedies he suffered. Perhaps most revealing is Warrens treatmnet of Lincolns education, both in the schools he briefly attended and in the books he read, and the influence of Thomas Lincoln in forming the character of his son.