| Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic Contributor(s): Lincoln, Abraham (Author), Vidal, Gore (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1598530534 ISBN-13: 9781598530537 Publisher: Library of America
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2009 Annotation: Contains Early Speeches, Springfield Speech, Cooper Union Speech, Inaugural Addresses, Gettysburg Address, Selected Letters, Lincoln's Lost Speech. Click for more in this series: Library of America |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Age Level: 18-UP |
| Grade Level: 13-UP |
| Series: Library of America |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.05" W x 8.13" L (1.11 lbs) 550 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Features: Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Library of America Paperback Classic edition brings together the most essential writings of America's heroic Civil War president, complete with detailed notes, a chronology of Lincoln's life and political career, and an introduction by the novelist Gore Vidal. Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in this volume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer ever to occupy the White House and a documentary history of America in Abraham Lincoln's time. They record Lincoln's campaigns for public office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; his electrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the Civil War; and the great public utterances of his presidency, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers. The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832- 1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, volumes number 45 and 46 in the Library of America series. They are joined in the series by a companion volume, number 192s, The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on his Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now. |
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