It included two short stints in Kentucky, where he learned to read but probably not to write, at age seven, and in Indiana, where he went to school sporadically due to farm chores, for a total of fewer than 12 months in aggregate by the age of 15.
ɪɾ ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd tˈuː ʃˈɔːɹt stˈɪnts ɪn kɛntˈʌki, wˌɛɹ hiː lˈɜːnd tə ɹˈiːd bˌʌt pɹˈɑːbəbli nˌɑːt tə ɹˈaɪt, æɾ ˈeɪdʒ sˈɛvən, ænd ɪn ˌɪndiːˈænə, wˌɛɹ hiː wɛnt tə skˈuːl spoːɹˈædɪkli dˈuː tə fˈɑːɹm tʃˈoːɹz, fɚɹə tˈoʊɾəl ʌv fjˈuːɚ ðɐn twˈɛlv mˈʌnθs ɪn ˈæɡɹɪɡˌeɪt baɪ ðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ʌv fˈɪftiːn.