See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Harriet Tubman Story.
Life Lesson #77 – Honesty is the Best Policy.
You probably already know that Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. Being President was a hard job, but Abe Lincoln had always worked very hard.
When he was still very small, Abe HELPED his father chop trees to build a log cabin for their family to live in. And going to school wasn’t easy either. Abe and his sister had to walk two whole miles to school and another two miles back.
Abraham loved books more than anything. He looked for every chance to read. They say when he went out to plow a field, he would take a book along with him, and at the end of each row, he would stop and read a little while the horse rested! With so much work to do during the day, though, Abe usually only had time to read at night. And since it was a long time before electric lights were even invented, he read by the glow of the coals left in their fireplace. Often he would read late into the night. And it really paid off, too, because of all the wonderful things he learned from books! One of his favorite books was about George Washington, our very first president.
I wonder if young Abe ever though he might someday grow up to President, too? Well, he not only became the President, he became a HERO!
– Jim Lord