The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln / By J. Rogers Gore: From the Spoken Narratives of Austin Gollaher; Illustrated from Photographs
J. Rogers Gore
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(Forgotten Books, Aug. 16, 2012)
The following stories about the boy A braham Lincoln were given to me at intervals, during a period of four or five years, by Austin Gollaher, who spent all his life among the hills of La Rue County, Kentucky, having been born in that county in the year 1806, and having died there on February 22, 1898. Twenty-five years ago, when I was on The La Rue County Herald a weekly newspaper published at Hodgenville, Kentucky, the town of my birth and upbringing, I found much pleasure in visiting the home of Mr. Gollaher, and drawing from him these tales of the days when he and Lincoln, children of the wilderness, played in the woods, and along Knob Creek, upon the banks of which the boy Austin Gollaher lived when the Lincolns moved from Cave Spring Farm to the Knob Creek hills. Mr.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at