Abe Lincoln crosses a creek a tall, thin tale (introducing his forgotten frontier friend)

In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
Other Authors: Hendrix, John, 1976- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 x 30 cm.
Audience:Ages 4-8.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780375937682
0375937684
9780375837685
037583768X
Author Notes:Deborah Hopkinson is the author of Sky Boys : How They Built the Empire State Building , a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and A Boy Called Dickens. She lives in West Linn, Oregon.

John Hendrix is the illustrator of A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson and the chapter book How to Save Your Tail by Mary Hanson. He teaches illustration at Washington University in St. Louis, where he lives with his wife, Andrea, and son, Jackson.


From the Hardcover edition.