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About the Author

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Carl Sandburg was born to Swedish-American parents on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois, a prairie town that attracted large numbers of immigrants because of […]

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Overview

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Based on the first 27 chapters of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Sandburg’s Abe Lincoln Grows Up presents the first twenty years of Lincoln’s life, […]

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Setting

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Abe Lincoln Grows Up begins in 1776, in Rockingham County, Virginia, where Lincoln’s paternal grandparents live. In 1782 Lincoln’s grandfather moves his family to the […]

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Themes and Characters

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Because Abe Lincoln Grows Up is biographical rather than fictional, it lacks a true plot. There is no rising action leading to a climax that […]

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Literary Qualities

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The most outstanding literary characteristic of this work is the language. Sandburg’s prose often flows like his free verse poetry. A figurative device that Sandburg […]

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Social Sensitivity

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The attitudes toward violence, Native Americans, and blacks depicted in Abe Lincoln Grows Up may concern parents and teachers. Sandburg frequently makes violence sound attractive: […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. In this biography, Sandburg does more than merely recount the facts about the first twenty years of Abe Lincoln’s life. He tells about such […]

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Related Titles

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Abe Lincoln Grows Up is adapted from the first part of Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Sandburg’s biography of Lincoln. Storm Over the Land: […]