Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln: The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed

by Charles B. Strozier

Book Overview

On April 15, 1837, a "long, gawky" Abraham Lincoln walked into Joshua Speed's dry-goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and asked what it would cost to buy the materials for a bed. Speed said seventeen dollars, which Lincoln didn't have. He asked for a loan to cover that amount until Christmas. Speed was taken with his visitor, but, as he said later, "I never saw so gloomy and melancholy a face." Speed suggested Lincoln stay with him in a room...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231171323
• ISBN13: 9780231171328
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher