The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln (Revised)

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Emphasizes events in Lincoln's boyhood that helped develop the qualities of honesty, responsibility, humor, and capability for hard work for which he was known during his presidency.

Recreates Lincoln's boyhood of near-poverty and long hours of hard work. Explains that, encouraged by his stepmother in his desire for learning, the boy Lincoln early developed those qualities of honesty, responsibility, humor, and a capacity for hard wok which were to make him a great President. Filmed in the authentically reconstructed village and boyhood home of Lincoln at Lockport, Ind.

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