"ABE TRIED TO STOP THE BIG BOAT BEFORE SHE WAS WRECKED. SHE STOPPED ALL RIGHT, STOPPED WITH A SICKENING CRUNCH:" AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THREE RIVERS SOUTH: THE STORY OF YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

Rural landscape

"IN THE SURGING, BOILING, WHIRLING CURRENT OF THE FLOODING SANGAMON, THE CANOE WAS AT THE MERCY OF THE TOSSING BROWN WATER:" AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THREE RIVERS SOUTH: THE STORY OF YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

THE BOYS YELLED AND THE DOGS BARKED AND THE HOGS SQUEALED AND TRUMPETED AS THEY CHARGED DESPERATELY:" AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THREE RIVERS SOUTH: THE STORY OF YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

Menemsha Pond

Frankie and Johnnie

Frankie and Johnnie