Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 195. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 195 p. Contains: Illustrations. Sterling Point Books (Paperback). Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Clara Ingram Judson presents Lincoln in all his gauntness gawkiness and greatness: a backwoods boy who became President and saved the Union. Judson s careful reading is enlivened by her visits to his home and vivid descriptions of the Lincoln family s pioneer life. She reveals the unforgettable story of his boyhood and days as a shopkeeper and lawyer to Lincoln s first elected offices and his election as president the Civil War and assassination.