My Best Friend, Abe Lincoln: A Tale of Two Boys from Indiana

In 1820, Sam Harding and Abe Lincoln forged a strong friendship based on their love of learning and the outdoors. This timeless story is about the special bond between the two boys, the experiences they shared growing up in early America, and how one of them eventually became the sixteenth President of the United States.

The illustrator of this children's book, John W. Ewing, was an animation artist at Disney Studios in Burbank from 1956 to 1967 where he helped craft classic feature films such as Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, The Sword in the Stone, and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. After Disney, Ewing went to New Zealand and launched Freelance Animators Ltd., carrying out contract work for Disney and Warner Bros.

Ages 4-12.  Paperback, 32 pages. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform.  By Robert L. Bloch; Illus. by John W. Ewing.