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While Lincoln read everything he could get his hands on, he could only get his hands on relatively few books. Borrowing books from neighbors, he read Aesop's Fables, Pilgrim's Progress, Robinson Crusoe, William Grimshaw's History of the United States, and Mason Weems's Life of George Washington.

Answer and Explanation: Abraham Lincoln was taught to read by his mother and step-mother. Abraham Lincoln received little formal education growing up in Kentucky and Indiana and learned from his mother until her death when he was nine.

The best available evidence has Lincoln in his teenage years, reading and taking notes from books such as Thomas Dilworth's speller, which he borrowed, as he did most books he read. Earlier still, Lincoln probably learned to read from the family Bible.

Children were expected to work in the family business, whether it was a farm or a store. As a boy, Lincoln taught himself to read and write by fire- light at the end of his long workdays on the farm. He read the Bible, Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, and (later) Shakespeare's plays.

Lincoln's legacy is based on his momentous achievements: he successfully waged a political struggle and civil war that preserved the Union, ended slavery, and created the possibility of civil and social freedom for African-Americans.

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The best available evidence has Lincoln in his teenage years, reading and taking notes from books such as Thomas Dilworth's speller, which he borrowed, as he did most books he read. Earlier still, Lincoln probably learned to read from the family Bible.