How Lincoln Learned to Read : Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them

from ellynv

Arranged as vignettes focusing on twelve children - just Ben, Abe, Henry, Helen, you know, kids. Not only does this give a unique view into twelve periods in American history, it takes us into the lives of twelve significant Americans and the childhoods that shaped them. As a parent - particularl...

from skslib

This is a series of interesting vignettes on 12 very different Americans and how their education shaped their lives. Daniel Wolff creates these mini biographies of one chapter per person, but cleverly links them together when appropriate. He uses an interesting technique in not revealing who is w...

from ALincolnNut

At the outset of "How Lincoln Learned to Read," Daniel Wolff offers a straightforward question: "How do we learn what we need to know?" To answer, he considers the varied educations of twelve loosely-connected Americans, from the titular Abraham Lincoln (not a bad way to attract attention to your...

from morningrob

How Lincoln Learned to Read is a book about the education of twelve famous Americans. However, Wolff's idea of education is broader then teachers and schoolrooms. He gives examples of a broad category of how people are educated through their own initiative, interests, and work. While interesting ...

from debnance

I read this book start to finish in one afternoon. Couldn't stop reading. It's all about twelve famous Americans' educations, both formal and informal, and how they acquired what they needed to know to become the people they became. I won't give away who the people are as that is part of the fun;...