life of abraham lincoln being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination also a record of his ancestors and a collection of anecdotes attributed to lincoln amilies would select apiece of ground and begin apioneers life with an ax inone hand and a firebrand inthe otherthe evidence thatthe advance guard of civili zation had arrived a spotfor a home was selectedgenerally near a spring or astream and father and sonsset to work felling trees tobuild a cabin all settlerscabins were alikean oblong room built of rough logs with a door in oneside and a fireplace in on 2chmb96.jpg from grunt’s life View Photo