If you grew up with Abraham Lincoln--Would you have to work hard?--What kinds of games would you play?--What would your school be like?This book tells you what it was like to grow up on the frontiers of Kentucky and Indiana, in the prairie town of New Salem, Illinois, and in the city of Springfield, Illinois, during the early 1800s.

If you grew up with Abraham Lincoln--Would you have to work hard?--What kinds of games would you play?--What would your school be like?This book tells you what it was like to grow up on the frontiers of Kentucky and Indiana, in the prairie town of New Salem, Illinois, and in the city of Springfield, Illinois, during the early 1800s. Ann McGovern was born and raised in New York. She was fascinated by reading and has been doing so ever since she was a little girl. Ms. McGovern also enjoys travelling and has been to every continent. McGovern worked at Scholastic, Inc. and created the See-Saw Book Club. She left in 1967 to devote all of her time to writing. Many of McGovern’s books are about nature, ecology, history, adventures around the world, biographies of heroic women, retelling folk tales, and the world beneath the sea, reflecting her own avid interests in these topics. Her books have won many awards including ?Author of the Year,” given by Scholastic’s Lucky Book Club. Her four children and three grandchildren all scuba dive.