Wayne Whipple 
Story-Life of Lincoln [PDF ebook] 
A Biography Composed of Five Hundred True Stories Told by Abraham Lincoln and His Friends, Selected From All Authentic Sources, and Fitted Together in Order, Forming His Complete Life History

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Yet his genius made the stories of others his own. They were pat, pithy and to the point. He usually told a story to enforce a truth, to save the time and temper so often lost in arguing. Lincoln’s stories rank about midway between Esop’s fables and the caricatures of the present day.