Mr. Whitham presents an imaginative story between the covers of this book that every thinking person is sure to enjoy. First, readers get acquainted with a bright fourteen-year-old boy and his lifestyle in and around the family farm near Springfield, Illinois. It’s 1874, not long after Abraham Lincoln lived and worked for some period in those parts. Therefore, everyone including young George’s mother has their own tales to relate about that most admirable man. Then George takes readers on his fabulous one-day wonderful journey, sharing reactions throughout it and the rest of his long and interesting life. Along the way, you discover with our protagonist details of how his unusual experience came about and meet some U.S. giants of those earlier days. All in all, you’ll be delighted to have taken part in this impressive slice from an America before we knew it and leading into modern times.