The New York Colony Book

I'm rating this at 4 stars in terms of a middle school "in-depth" biography of Lincoln that provides excellent information about his origination and adequate exposition of his presidential years. the war years are rather lightly touched upon, considering the emphasis given his early years, but the title reflects the book's focus of establishing Lincoln's connection to and concern for ordinary people.

As an adult who has read several in-depth biographies focusing on Lincoln's political rise, his cabinet choices and dealings, his administration of the war, his personal adult relationships, etc., I quite enjoyed this book's offering regarding those early years (despite the interweaving of what can only be solidly-grounded historical fiction passages during the exposition of his young childhood, e.g. a conversation between 4yo Abe and his father while planting corn).