How something come from nothing -- A boy of the backwoods -- How Abraham saw the world -- How the rail-splitter raised himself -- Captain Lincoln -- How the storekeeper grew ambitious -- The honorable Mr. Lincoln -- How the county lawyer won fame -- How the backwoods boy became President -- How the flat-boatman guided the ship of state -- How Abraham Lincoln made his name immortal -- Why the people would not "swap horses" -- Abraham Lincoln the American Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Lincoln copy 1, 2, and 3: Bound in cloth; frontispiece, illustrated front cover Lincoln copy 1: Handwritten inscription in ink on flyleaf: George Lord Knox, from Papa, Xmas 1905 Lincoln copy 1 includes [2] p. of the publisher's advertisements at end Lincoln copy 2: Book label: Robert Stanley Thompson, No. 5 Lincoln copy 4: Bound in cloth; frontispiece, illustrated front cover, spine broken 1 18