Excerpt from From Log-Cabin to White House: The Story of President Garfield's Life Eighteen years ago the author prepared a book for youth and young men upon the life of Abraham Lincoln, entitled the pioneer boy, and how HE became president. The favorable reception of that volume carried it through thirty-six editions. More than a year ago, after the nomination of Gen eral Garfield, the publisher of this volume suggested that a similar work at the present time, upon his life, would furnish one of the noblest examples Of suc cess for the young men of our land to imitate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.