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The Backwoods Boy

by Horatio Alger Jr.

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Log-Cabin
  3. 3Chapter II — The New Mother
  4. 4Chapter III — Abe and His Family
  5. 5Chapter IV — Abe’s Schooling
  6. 6Chapter V — Abe and His Neighbors
  7. 7Chapter VI — A River Trip
  8. 8Chapter VII — Lincoln as a Clerk
  9. 9Chapter VIII — In the Black Hawk Campaign
  10. 10Chapter IX — In the Legislature
  11. 11Chapter X — A Case in Court
  12. 12Chapter XI — Mr. Lincoln Forms Two Partnerships
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Lawyer in His Office and at Home
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Rail-Splitter Enters Congress
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The First Speech in Congress
  16. 16Chapter XV — Mr. Lincoln’s Family
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Senatorial Campaign
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Two Giants
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Illinois Declares for the Rail-Splitter
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Nominated for President
  21. 21Chapter XX — Farewell to Springfield
  22. 22Chapter XXI — A Visit to Mr. Lincoln
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Inauguration
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The War Begins
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Mr. Lincoln in the White House
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Mr. Lincoln and the Little Boy — A Group of Anecdotes
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Mr. Lincoln’s Humanity
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Anecdotes of Mr. Lincoln
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — President Lincoln as a Religious Man
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Emancipating the Slaves
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Elected for a Second Term
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Speech at Gettysburg
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The Curtain Falls
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Mr. Herndon’s Estimate of Mr. Lincoln
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Mr. Lincoln’s Favorite Poem

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