Llincoln and His Boys Quotes

“The story is told from the point of views of Lincoln’s rambunctious two boys, Willie and Tad. Through their observations, readers learn about Lincoln, about the politics of the time, and about daily life and family life in the mid 19th century.”

“When we sit at table, Mama makes dead sure we have good manners. We are not allowed resting on elbows. Sometimes she chides Father for wearing shirtsleeves around the house and not putting on his coat.”

“But to his rambunctious sons, Abraham Lincoln was above all a playful and loving father. Here is Lincoln as seen by two of his boys.”

“Through Tad’s eyes -- we see Lincoln rising above his own inborn sadness and personal tragedy through his devotion to his sons.

“This is a wonderful chapter book about Abe Lincoln, and his sons, Willie and Tad. It centers first on Willie, and then after Willie’s death, upon Tad.”

“Tad accompanying him to Richmond just after the South’s defeat. With the war raging and the Union under siege, we see history unfolding through Willie’s eyes.”

“Every evening my brother Tad and I run over to Father’s office on the corner of Adams Street. We huck handfuls of pebbles up at the windowpanes so Father know we are coming. Tad is smaller than I am, but he can throw the pebbles harder and make more noise.”

“On the walk home to our house on Jackson and Eighth, Father and Tad and I always stop and talk to neighbors and dogs, which makes us late. Then we run into the house and Father puts his arms around Mama...”

“Willie, thrilled to be on his first train trip when Lincoln was deciding to run for president; Willie and Tad barging into Cabinet meetings to lift Lincoln’s spirits in the early days of the Civil War.”