LearnOutLoud.com Audio - The Lincoln Story Book

001 - Preface
002 - Lincoln Calendar
003 - Childish Rime
004 - The Little Hatchet Did It.
005 - The Little Hatchet Again Turns Up.
006 - Lincoln's Wedding-Song.
007 - Risk The Hogs And I Will Risk Myself!
008 - The Rest Was Vile.
009 - No Heaping Coals Of Fire On That Head.
010 - Stumping The Stump-Speaker.
011 - Making The Wool, Not Feathers, Fly.
012 - Log-Rolling To Save Lives.
013 - Lincoln's First Dollar.
014 - Conviction Through A Thrashing.
015 - Boating On Ground "A Leetle Damp."
016 - The Initiator Installed.
017 - The Horrors For The Third Time!
018 - The Whistle That Stopped The Boat.
019 - It Is The Deed, Not The Doer.
020 - Turn Out Or Be Turned Out.
021 - The Best Thing To Take.
022 - Drinking And Swallowing Are Two Things.
023 - Worsted In A Horse-Trade.
024 - How Many Short Breaths?
025 - Lincoln's Height.
026 - Measures And Men.
027 - The Prize For Homeliness.
028 - How Long Legs Should Be.
029 - Long Meter.
030 - Hardships Strengthen Muscles.
031 - He Used To Be "Good On The Chop."
032 - A Man Who Can Scratch His Shins Without Stooping.
033 - Struck By The Dead Hand.
034 - This Clinches It.
035 - Lincoln's First Love-Story.
036 - A Put-Up Job--Or Chance?
037 - Lincoln's Marriage.
038 - The Burlesque Duel.
039 - Wanting To Dance The Worst Way.
040 - The Statute Fixes All That!
041 - He Did Not Know His Own House.
042 - The Only One Who Dared "Pull Wool Over Lincoln's Eyes."
043 - The Long And Short Of It.
044 - All A Man Wants--Twenty Thousand Dollars!
045 - I'll Hit The Thing Hard!
046 - The "Lex Talionis" Christianized.
047 - The Slave-Dealer.
048 - The Negro Home, Or Agitation!
049 - Lincoln's Vow.
050 - Den I Takes To De Woods!
051 - The Unpardonable Crime.
052 - Beyond The Boon.
053 - Vain As The Pope's Bull Against The Comet.
054 - A Volunteer Captaincy Worth Two Dollars.
055 - Getting The Company Column Through "Endwise."
056 - Regular And Irregular.
057 - Knowing When To Give In.
058 - A Fruitful Speech.
059 - A Captain Challenged By His Men.
060 - General McClellan's Opinion Of Lincoln As A Lawyer.
061 - Kentuckians Are Clanny.
062 - Not To Be Thought Of!
063 - Skin Wright And Close!
064 - Hooking Hens Is Low!
065 - The State Against Mr. Whisky!
066 - As Clear As Moonshine.
067 - Nice Clothes May Make A Handsome Man--Even Of You!
068 - The Abutment Was Dubersome.
069 - Good Enough For The President.
070 - Lincoln's First Political Speech.
071 - A Lightning-Rod To Protect A Guilty Conscience!
072 - Firing On A Flea For A Squirrel.
073 - The Cream Of The Joke.
074 - Parallel Courses.
075 - Jumping Jim Crow
076 - Facts Are Stubborn Things.
077 - The Party Gad.
078 - Hard To Beat!
079 - I Reckon I Took More Than My Share.
080 - Lincoln Was Loaded For Bear.
081 - A Bounteous President--If Anything Is Left!
082 - The Art Of Being Paid To Eat.
083 - A Vice Not To Say "No!"
084 - The Best Car!
085 - Self-Made.
086 - His High Mightiness.
087 - Lincoln's Opinion At Thirty.
088 - The Blank Biography.
089 - The Homliest Man Under Government.
090 - Better Looking Than Expected.
091 - Lincoln And Superstition.
092 - Lincoln's Dream.
093 - Lincoln's Vision.
094 - It Is A Poor Sermon That Does Not Hit Somewhere.
095 - The Religion Of Feeling.
096 - The Two Prayers.
097 - We Shall See Our Friends In Heaven!
098 - More Praying And Less Swearing!
099 - Gloves Or No Gloves.
100 - The Use Of Books.
101 - Lincoln's Book Criticism.
102 - The Hand-To-Hand Encounter.
103 - Better Sometimes Right Than All Times Wrong.
104 - Making The Dagger Stab The Holder.
105 - The Tail Of The Kite.
106 - No Day Without A Line.
107 - Truth And The People.
108 - Call Me 'Lincoln.'
109 - The Eloquent Hand.
110 - Woman.
111 - To Think And To Do Well.
112 - Set The Trap Again!
113 - No Royalty In Our Carriage.
114 - The Trap To Catch A Douglas.
115 - Practise Before And Behind "The Bar."
116 - Connubial Amity.
117 - The Model Whisky-Barrel.
118 - Fighting Out Of One Coat Into The Other.
119 - The Promising Face!
120 - A House Divided Cannot Stand.
121 - The Concert On "Dred Scott."
122 - Playing Cuttlefish.
123 - A Voice From The Dead.
124 - If I Must Go Down, Let It Be Linked To Truth.
125 - Come One, Come All!
126 - Assisting The Inevitable.
127 - Self-Sacrifice.
128 - A Fight Proves Nothing.
129 - Win The Fight, Or Die A-Trying.
130 - Pills To Purge Melancholy.
131 - Down To The Raisins!
132 - Giant And Giant-Killer.
133 - Lincoln's "Sentiments" On A Mooted Point.
134 - Chestnuts Under A Sycamore.
135 - Still Of Little Note.
136 - The Tree-Toad And "Timotheus."
137 - If It Will Do The President Good--
138 - Grounds For A Financial Estimate.
139 - I Wanted To See Them Spread!
140 - The Lincoln Non Sequitur.
141 - Why So Many Common People.
142 - Envy Of A Humorist.
143 - The Stopper On Journalistic "Gas."
144 - Salt Before Pepper.
145 - Matching Stories.
146 - The Only Discredit.
147 - No Re-Lie-ance Of Them!
148 - No Vices--Few Virtues.
149 - The Apples Of His Eye.
150 - The Whetstone Story.
151 - The Monarch Of All He Surveyed.
152 - Men Have Faults Like Horses.
153 - Lincoln's Puns On Proper Names.
154 - Not So Easy To Get Into Prison.
155 - Them Three Fellers Agin!
156 - Lincoln The Great And Lincoln The Little.
157 - Go, Thou, And Do Likewise.
158 - Is The World Going To Follow That Comet Off?
159 - A Good Listener.
160 - Carried The Post-Matter In His Hat.
161 - President Lincoln Dubbed Them The "Wide-Awakes."
162 - Trust To The Old Blue Sock.
163 - If All Failed, He Could Go Back To The Old Trade!
164 - As A Light Porter.
165 - Whiskered, To Please The Ladies And Get Votes.
166 - After Votes.
167 - The Highwayman's Non Sequitur.
168 - How To Get Men To Vote!
169 - Beginning At The Head With Clothing.
170 - Luce A Jug--The Handle All One Side.
171 - Such A Sucker As Me, President!
172 - One Happy Day.
173 - Old Abe Will Look Better When His Hair Is Combed.
174 - A Curious Combination.
175 - Abraham Lincoln
176 - The Snake Simile.
177 - What's In A Name?
178 - Paying For Whisky He Did Not Drink.
179 - The Highest Merit To The Soldier.
180 - How Sleep The Brave?
181 - The Stokers As Brave As Any.
182 - Try And Go As Far As You Can!
183 - Argument Of "The Stub-Tailed Cow."
184 - Pegged Or Sewed?
185 - Soldiering Apart From Politics.
186 - A Time That Tried The Soul.
187 - Cabinet Talk.
188 - On The Blister-Bench.
189 - Abe, A Thundering Old Glory!
190 - Perfect Retaliation.
191 - Let Down The Bars A Leetle.
192 - The Administration Can Stand It If The Times Can.
193 - Bottling That Wasp.
194 - That King Lost His Head.
195 - Swearing Like A Churchwarden.
196 - My Speeches Have Originality As Their Merit.
197 - Righting Wrong Hurts, But Does Good.
198 - Stanton's Service Was Worth His Sauce.
199 - A Secret Of The Interior.
200 - All Staff And No Army.
201 - No Man Is Indispensable.
202 - Sleeping On Post Cancels A Commission.
203 - My Question!
204 - If Good, He's Got It! If T'Aint Good, He Ain't Got It!
205 - Lincoln Guessed The First Time.
206 - A Phantom Chase.
207 - The Word Flies, But The Writ Remains.
208 - The War-Lord.
209 - File It Away!
210 - What We Have, We Will Give You.
211 - More "Shinplasters" To Heal The Sore.
212 - There Is Much In An 'If' And A 'But.'
213 - Don't Waste The Plug, But Use It!
214 - The Running Fever.
215 - One And A Half Times Bigger Than Other Men!
216 - So Slow, A Hearse Ran Over Him!
217 - Blood-Shedding Remits Sins.
218 - His "Leg Cases."
219 - How The Delinquent Soldier Paid His Debt.
220 - The Swearing Had To Be Done Then, Or Not At All!
221 - Displace The Thistles By Flowers.
222 - You Have One, And I Have One--That Is Right!
223 - Shooting A Man Does Him No Good!
224 - Benevolence Is Beautiful.
225 - It Was The Baby That Did It.
226 - It Rests Me To Save A Life!
227 - A Family Man Wants To See His Family.
228 - A Rule Without Exception.
229 - Even Rebels Might Be Saved.
230 - Whipping Around The Stump.
231 - Life Too Precious To Be Lost.
232 - Mercy Has Precedence Over The Rigid.
233 - Taken From Rebellion And Given To Loyalty.
234 - Suspension Is Not Execution
235 - The Discontented ... About Four Hundred--
236 - Not Much Of A Head, But His Only One!
237 - Gi'e Us A Good Conceit!
238 - They Went Away Sicker Still.
239 - Of Twenty Applicants, Nineteen Are Made Enemies.
240 - Rid Of An Office-Seeker.
241 - Not Good Offices, But A Good Story.
242 - Encourage Longing For Work.
243 - But Aaron Got His Commission!
244 - Something Lincolnian All Could Take.
245 - Not Many Such Boys Outside Of Sunday-Schools!
246 - The Good Boy Gets On.
247 - How McCulloch Was Constrained To Serve.
248 - All Mouth And No Hands' Class.
249 - Hot And Cold The Same Breath.
250 - Wanted The Jail Earnings.
251 - A Title No Hindrance.
252 - A Talker With Nothing To Say.
253 - Stick To Your Business.
254 - Marrying A Man Without His Consent.
255 - A Luxury To See One Who Wants Nothing.
256 - Accuse Not A Servant----
257 - A Wolf In A Trap Must Sacrifice His "Tail" To Be Free.
258 - Somewhat Of A Newsman.
259 - A Little More Light And A Little Less Noise.
260 - My Part Of The Ship Is Anchored.
261 - Angels Swearing Make No Difference.
262 - Washington's Difficult Task.
263 - Steel And Steal.
264 - That's What's The Matter.
265 - The Ship Of State Simile.
266 - A Pill For The Public Printer.
267 - Let The Grass Grow Where It May!
268 - The Peace-At-Any-Price Party.
269 - Things Were Topsy-Turvy Aloft, Too.
270 - Hitching To The Moon.
271 - A Red Flag To Him.
272 - Fly Away, Jack!
273 - His Pen Wanted To Keep Their Hogs Safe.
274 - Hurrah For You!
275 - Put Your Feet Right And Stand Firm!
276 - Get Their Graves Ready!
277 - Mr. Lincoln's Opinion Of General McClellan.
278 - A "Stationary" Engine.
279 - Shoveling Fleas.
280 - The Georgia Colonel's Costume.
281 - Coarse Feed First!
282 - Ain't I Glad To Git Out O' De Wilderness!
283 - With Two Guns, Hold Off An Army.
284 - Breaking Up The Little Game.
285 - The Bottom Will Fall Out.
286 - Master Of Them Both.
287 - The Skeered Virginian.
288 - He Who Fights And Runs Away--
289 - No Sunday Fighting.
290 - Let A Good Man Alone!
291 - The "Blondin" Simile.
292 - The Pioneer's Land-Title.
293 - Cheers Not Military--But I Like Them!
294 - Numbering The Hairs Of His--Tail!
295 - An Unconventional Order.
296 - It Occurs To Me That I Am Commander!
297 - Compliments Is All They Do Pay!
298 - Bail The Potomac With A Spoon.
299 - We Shall Beat Them, My Son!
300 - Little For So Big A Business.
301 - Not "Shoulder-Straps," But Hardtack.
302 - Maryland A Good State To Move From!
303 - Don't Swap Horses Crossing A Stream.
304 - No Placing Thorns In The Side Of My Worst Enemy!
305 - The Lincoln Plan Of Campaign.
306 - The Commander Should Obey Orders.
307 - The Idlers Equaled The Effectives.
308 - Rest!
309 - I Can Bear Censure, But Not Insult!
310 - A Battle Of Roses.
311 - Help Me Let Go!
312 - Splitting The Difference.
313 - In The Inca's Position.
314 - Blind Fortune.
315 - Little David And The Stone For Goliath.
316 - Lincoln's Cheese-Box On A Raft.
317 - No "Dutch Courage."
318 - If I Had As Much Money And Was As Badly Skeered----
319 - It Pleases Her, And It Don't Hurt Me.
320 - Let Him Squeal If He Works.
321 - Brigadiers Cheap--Chargers Costly.
322 - To Cure Singing In The Head.
323 - Bowing To The Boy Of Battles.
324 - When Washington Was All One Tavern.
325 - Break The Critter Where Slim!
326 - How Get Him Out?
327 - A Pleasure To Preside, At Last!
328 - On The Lord's Side.
329 - To Canaan!
330 - Going To Canaan!
331 - The Fox Appointed Paymaster.
332 - Risking The Dictatorship.
333 - A Stage In The Ceaseless March Onward To Victory.
334 - Working For A Living Makes One Practical.
335 - Hold On And Chaw!
336 - The Great National Job.
337 - For Flaying A Man Alive.
338 - One On 'em Not Dead Yet!
339 - The South Like An Ash-Cake.
340 - I Count For Something!
341 - Passes No Good For Richmond.
342 - The Mayor Is The Better Horse.
343 - The Real Thing Superior To The Sham Battle.
344 - The Tool Turned On The Handle.
345 - Sooner The Fowl By Hatching The Egg Than Smashing It.
346 - Too Busy To Go Into Another Business.
347 - The Scale Of Rebels.
348 - One War At A Time.
349 - Agin' The Government.
350 - Plowing Around A Log.
351 - Not The Right "Clay" To Cement A Union.
352 - The Man Down South.
353 - The Dismembered "Yaller" Dog.
354 - The Meteorological Omen.
355 - Did She Take The Wink To Herself?
356 - Going Down With Colors Flying.
357 - There Must Be The Bell-Mule.
358 - Root, Hog, Or Die!
359 - The Grant Brand Of Whisky.
360 - A General, At Last!
361 - A Fizzle Anyhow!
362 - Forget Over A Grave!
363 - If He Felt That Way--Start!
364 - Figures Will Prove Anything.
365 - I Don't Want To--But That's It If I Must Die!
366 - Best Let An Elephant Go!
367 - History Repeats.
368 - Not The President, But The Old Friend.
369 - Close Your Eyes!
370 - Don't Judge By Appearances.
371 - Nothing Can Touch Him Further.
372 - Went And Returned!
373 - The Clear Foresight.
374 - Do It "Unbeknownst."
375 - One Cannot Die Twice.
376 - No More Invidious Name-Calling.
377 - The United States Of America The Treasury Of The World.
378 - Hang On--Not Hang!
379 - Lincoln's Last Wish.
380 - Assassiniation.
381 - A President, Not An Emperor.
382 - The Plot To Waylay The President (1860).
383 - I Don't Believe There Is Any Danger!
384 - Worry Till You Get Rid Of Things.
385 - The Fearlessness Of The God-Fearing.
386 - The Poisoning Plot.
387 - Nothing Like Getting Used To Things!
388 - Most Afraid Of A Friendly Shot.
389 - The One Word He Had Learned.
390 - Not To Disappoint The People.
391 - Nothing Like Prayer--But Praise.