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J. T. (Jonathan Todd) Hobson
b. 1850
Best remembered for writing about Abraham Lincoln, this early-20th-century author focused on memorable stories, quotations, and moral parallels rather than full-scale biography. His books have a warm, earnest style that reflects the commemorative writing of his era.
1 Audiobook
Footprints of Abraham Lincoln Presenting many interesting facts, reminiscences and illustrations never before published
by J. T. (Jonathan Todd) Hobson
About the author
Jonathan Todd Hobson is listed in major library records as J. T. (Jonathan Todd) Hobson, born 1850. The clearest published details I could confirm center on his books rather than his personal life, so much of his biography remains obscure.
Hobson is known for works connected with Abraham Lincoln, including Footprints of Abraham Lincoln (published in 1909) and The Lincoln Year Book (published in 1913). He also wrote The Master and His Servant (1913), a short interpretive work comparing the lives of Jesus Christ and Abraham Lincoln.
Taken together, his books suggest a writer interested in moral character, remembrance, and inspirational history. Even with limited surviving biographical information, his work preserves a distinctly early-1900s way of presenting Lincoln as both a historical figure and a model of character.