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Pop Quiz: Who invented Lincoln Logs?

Answer: John Lloyd Wright, son of the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Learn more at the National Park Service Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park kids_lincolnlogs-285_2

Read more about Lincoln in Don’t Know Much About History and Don’t Know Much About the American Presidents.

Don’t Know Much About® the American Presidents (Hyperion Paperback-April 15, 2014)

Don’t Know Much About® History: Anniversary Edition (Harper Perennial and Random House Audio)

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