Title Abraham Lincoln's wilderness years : collected works of J. Edward Murr / J. Edward Murr ; edited by Joshua Claybourn

Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Thomas Lincoln, Father of the President -- Nancy Hanks, Mother of Lincoln -- Birth of Abraham Lincoln -- Kentucky Childhood -- Indiana Uncle and Cousins -- Lincoln's Poverty -- Boyhood Associates -- Manners and Customs of Hoosier Pioneers -- Lincoln, a Hoosier -- One-Fourth of Lincoln's Life Spent in Indiana -- The Everyday Life of Lincoln -- Lincoln's Honesty and Truthfulness -- Lincoln's Freedom from Bad Habits -- Church and Religion -- Young Lincoln on the Stump -- Lincoln's Ambition to Become a River Pilot -- "Now He Belongs to the Ages" -- Leaving the Indiana Wilderness -- Death and Burial of Nancy Hanks Lincoln -- Albert Beveridge Correspondence Summary "Abraham Lincoln spent a quarter of his life--from 1816 to 1830, ages 7 to 21--learning and growing in southwestern Indiana. Despite the importance of these formative years, Lincoln rarely discussed this period, and with his sudden, untimely death in 1865, mysterious gaps appear in recorded history. In "Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years," Joshua Claybourn collects and annotates the most significant scholarship from J. Edward Murr, one of the only writers to cover this lost period of Lincoln's life. A Hoosier minister who grew up with the 16th president's cousins, Murr interviewed locals who knew Lincoln. Part I features selected portions of Murr's book-length manuscript on Lincoln's youth, published here for the first time. Part II offers a series by Murr on Lincoln's life in Indiana, originally printed in the "Indiana Magazine of History." Part III reveals letters between Murr and U.S. Senator Albert J. Beveridge, a prominent historian, about Beveridge's early manuscript of the biography Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858. Of all Lincoln's biographers, none knew his boyhood associates and Indiana environment as well as Murr, whose complete Lincoln research and scholarship have never been published--until now. "Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years" preserves and celebrates this important source material, unique for studying Lincoln's boyhood years in Indiana"-- Provided by publisher Notes Part 1 contains portions of the unpublished manuscript titled "The wilderness years" by J. Edward Murr held in the archives of DePauw University Part 2 contains a three-part series by Murr on Lincoln's life in Indiana titled "Lincoln in Indiana," which was published between 1917 and 1918 for the "Indiana magazine of history." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Childhood and youth. SUBJECT Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. fast (OCoLC)fst00030184 Subject DePauw University. SUBJECT DePauw University. fast (OCoLC)fst00592131 Subject Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Sources BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State Presidents. SUBJECT Indiana -- Biography -- Sources Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Indiana. United States. Genre/Form History. Sources. Form Electronic book Author Claybourn, Joshua A., editor. Container of (work): Murr, J. Edward (John Edward), 1898-1960. Lincoln in Indiana LC no. 2022003939 ISBN 9780253062703 0253062705 0253062691 9780253062697

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