Abe Lincoln afloat
By: J.C. Ladenheim.
Publisher: Heritage Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westminster, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780788445583
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Childhood and youth; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Travel -- Mississippi River; Mississippi River -- Description and travel
Description: In 1828, Abe Lincoln, a gangling eighteen year old Hoosier farm boy, made the first of two 2,500 mile journeys down and up the Mississippi River, which he undertook at no small risk to life and limb. He returned home by steamboat, and thereafter held himself out as an experienced river man.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [69]-71) and index.