Download or read book Boy of the Backwoods (Classic Reprint) written by Clyde Elizabeth Yeaton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Boy of the Backwoods When it was time to make soap, Abe built a fire outside and kept it burning under the big, black kettle. Into the kettle went the pieces of fat which Mrs. Lincoln had saved. After the fat had melted, lye was added. Soon a soft yellow soap was made. Abe was always ready to hold the wicks in the candle molds while his mother poured hot tallow around them. The candles came out of the molds-long, straight, and white. One day Mrs. Lincoln said, I want you to learn how to read and write, Abe. She had heard that the country school was going to open and wanted her boy to go there. Abe knew he would have to walk four miles over a rough road to reach the school. He did not mind that for he knew he would like school. So it was that Abe Lincoln began to grow up on the backwoods farm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.