"William E. ""Bill"" Bartelt is a Lincoln historian and author of There I Grew Up: Remembering Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Youth and other books. For many years Bartelt worked as a ranger and historian at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. He is a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Association and the Indiana Historical Society, and received the Indiana Historical Society's ""Hoosier Historian"" award in 2003. Joshua A. Claybourn is an attorney and author or editor of several books, including Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative. A widely published commentator on legal, political, and historical topics, Claybourn has also appeared as a guest on CNN, MSNBC, and NHK. He is a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Association."
Abe's Youth offers a fascinating, in-depth examination of the future president and the time and environment in which he grew up. -- Johnson County Historical Society Abe's Youth is positively fascinating, and not just for those who are interested in Abraham Lincoln. This book in many ways provides a history of the first 100 years of Spencer County, IN. -- Kathy Tretter * The Spencer County Leader * Abe's Youth provides a convenient way to access some of the important work of the Indiana Lincoln Inquiry. * Indiana Magazine of History *