{"product_id":"the-pioneer-boy-and-how-he-became-president","title":"The Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President","description":"\u003cdiv\u003ePublished in 1863, William M. Thayer's \u003ci\u003eThe Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President\u003c\/i\u003e fictionalized Abraham Lincoln's younger years to serve as a moral and religious model for adolescent readers. The bestseller went through many editions over the following decades, but branded Thayer as a minor writer of juvenile stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003ePioneer Boy\u003c\/i\u003e reprints the text with extensive annotations by Steven K. Rogstad. In his reappraisal of the work, Rogstad taps the factual history woven into the plot and dialogue to illuminate how the young Lincoln presented by Thayer compares with historical documents and credible reminisces of the future president. Rogstad's chapter-by-chapter analysis reveals the work as an astute biography while reevaluating Thayer as a source worthy of consideration within Lincoln scholarship. An introduction offers an in-depth consideration of Lincoln's own presentations of his youth, Thayer's career, and the book's long life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new look at an overlooked text, \u003ci\u003eThe Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes what we can learn from William M. Thayer's popular book.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499405353333,"sku":"9780252059926","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780252059926.jpg?v=1786694709","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/the-pioneer-boy-and-how-he-became-president","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}