Helen Nicolay

The Boys Life of Abraham Lincoln

Herausgeber: 1stworld Library

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Produktbeschreibung

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Abraham Lincoln's forefathers were pioneers - men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. For one hundred and seventy years, ever since the first American Lincoln came from England to Massachusetts in 1638, they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest. They faced solitude, privation, and all the dangers and hardships that beset men who take up their homes where only beasts and wild men have had homes before; but they continued to press steadily forward, though they lost fortune and sometimes even life itself, in their westward progress. Back in Pennsylvania and New Jersey some of the Lincolns had been men of wealth and influence. In Kentucky, where the future President was born on February 12, 1809, his parents lived in deep poverty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781595404343
• ISBN-10: 1595404341
• Artikelnr.: 21813268

Autorenporträt

Helen Nicolay was known for her work as a writer and for preserving the memory of an influential historical figure through biographical and historical publications. Born on 9 March 1866 in Paris, France, she was the daughter of John George Nicolay, who served as the private secretary to a major national leader. Through her father's role, she spent years in close proximity to the presidential household, where her father worked directly with both the leader and the family, gaining an intimate understanding of political and personal dynamics during a defining period in the nation's history. Growing up surrounded by political activity and first-hand accounts of significant events shaped her interest in historical writing. Over time, she used her access to personal insights and valuable primary material to produce works that helped humanize and document the presidency and family life of one of the most respected figures in American history. Her writing combined research with personal observation, creating narratives that were clear, engaging, and grounded in lived experience. Helen Nicolay continued her literary and historical pursuits until her death in Washington, D.C., in 1954.