Boys and girls from their earliest years hear the name of Abraham Lincoln and know that he was one of the truest Americans who ever lived. They learn of the great things he did for his country and it is natural that they should wonder what sort of boy he was.

This book brings the boy Lincoln to life. We see him playing with his sister Sarah, fishing in the creek, going to the little log-cabin schoolhouse, working in the woods, clearing the fields and plowing and planting for his father. In short, we see that he enjoyed life and did all the things that a boy in the newly settled country of Kentucky and Indiana was expected to do. Yet he was different. There were seeds of greatness in him. And by understanding the sort of boy Lincoln was, it is easy to understand how he became a great man and why his name is dear to the hearts of all Americans today.

The author has not only made it possible through this book for children to know the boy Lincoln, but she has also drawn a clear and interesting picture of frontier life. Little children, for whom formal biographies are still too difficult, will find real pleasure in reading Abe Lincoln: Frontier Boy.

From the dust jacket