Title: Abe Lincoln afloat
First published: 2008
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.
Subjects: Childhood and youth, Travel, Description and travel, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, Mississippi river, description and travel
LC classification: E457.3 .L33 2008