Noah Brooks

Noah Brooks
Noah Brooks (1830–1903) was an American journalist, editor, and author best known for his writings on Abraham Lincoln and 19th-century American life. He was a close friend of Lincoln and wrote several works about him, including "Washington in Lincoln's Time," which provides personal insights into the president's character and leadership during the Civil War. Brooks also wrote fiction, with notable works like "The Boy Emigrants" that depicted frontier life and the experiences of young pioneers. His contributions to journalism and literature offer valuable perspectives on both Lincoln and the American West.

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CHAPTER I The Settlers, and Whence They Came. There were five of them, all told; three boys and two men. I have mentioned the boys first because there were more of them, and we shall hear most from them before we have got through with this truthful tale. They lived in the town of Dixon, on the Rock River, in Lee County, Illinois. Look on the map, and you will find this place at a point where the... more...

Chapter I — A Great Transaction in Land The people of the young Republic of the United States were greatly astonished, in the summer of 1803, to learn that Napoleon Bonaparte, then First Consul of France, had sold to us the vast tract of land known as the country of Louisiana. The details of this purchase were arranged in Paris (on the part of the United States) by Robert R. Livingston and James... more...