While most of us know of the life and death of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, we know very little about his younger years. In Young Lincoln of New Salem, Sam Rawlins paints a powerful picture of what life was like for young Lincoln – a man who could barely read or write when he arrived in New Salem at age 21, yet went on to become a lawyer, and later president.
Rawlins shares little-known facts about the love and sadness that consumed Lincoln in his early years, and motivated the rest of his life.
Recently released, this inspiring story follows the future president through six pivotal years on the rugged Illinois frontier, where Lincoln went from store clerk to postmaster to captain of militia in the Black Hawk War. And along the way, he entered into a life-altering romance with Ann Rutledge, and that heartbreaking relationship is explored in-depth here.
Review in Veterans News Report by John Allen
https://www.veteransnewsreport.com/2019/06/23/young-lincoln-of-new-salem-gives-readers-opportunity-to-know-abe-lincoln-as-his-closest-friends-knew-him/