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The Gettysburg Address
Author | : Abraham Lincoln |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2009-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780141956633 |
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The Address was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. In just over two minutes, Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens, and that would also create a unified nation in which states' rights were no longer dominant. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
The Great Task Remaining Before Us
Author | : Paul Alan Cimbala,Randall M. Miller |
Publsiher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780823232024 |
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"An unusually strong collection of essays ...the scholarship is impeccable."---Gaines M. Foster, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge --
Lincoln at Gettysburg
Author | : Garry Wills |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2012-12-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781439126455 |
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The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training, and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.
Abraham Lincoln s Speeches
Author | : Abraham Lincoln |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
ISBN | : PRNC:32101067879047 |
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Writing the Gettysburg Address
Author | : Martin P. Johnson |
Publsiher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2015-04-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780700621125 |
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Four score and seven years ago . . . . Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation’s history? And yet after 150 years the dramatic and surprising story of how Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address has never been fully told. Until now. Martin Johnson's remarkable work of historical and literary detection illuminates a speech, a man, and a moment in history that we thought we knew. Johnson guides readers on Lincoln’s emotional and intellectual journey to the speaker’s platform, revealing that Lincoln himself experienced writing the Gettysburg Address as an eventful process that was filled with the possibility of failure, but which he knew resulted finally in success beyond expectation. We listen as Lincoln talks with the cemetery designer about the ideals and aspirations behind the unprecedented cemetery project, look over Lincoln's shoulder as he rethinks and rewrites his speech on the very morning of the ceremony, and share his anxiety that he might not live up to the occasion. And then, at last, we stand with Lincoln at Gettysburg, when he created the words and image of an enduring and authentic legend. Writing the Gettysburg Address resolves the puzzles and problems that have shrouded the composition of Lincoln's most admired speech in mystery for fifteen decades. Johnson shows when Lincoln first started his speech, reveals the state of the document Lincoln brought to Gettysburg, traces the origin of the false story that Lincoln wrote his speech on the train, identifies the manuscript Lincoln held while speaking, and presents a new method for deciding what Lincoln’s audience actually heard him say. Ultimately, Johnson shows that the Gettysburg Address was a speech that grew and changed with each step of Lincoln's eventful journey to the podium. His two-minute speech made the battlefield and the cemetery into landmarks of the American imagination, but it was Lincoln’s own journey to Gettysburg that made the Gettysburg Address.
Of the People by the People for the People and Other Quotations from Abraham Lincoln
Author | : Abraham Lincoln,G. S. Boritt |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0231103263 |
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-- Thomas F. Schwartz, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Lincoln Herald
Abraham Lincoln Speeches and Writings Vol 2 1859 1865 LOA 46
Author | : Abraham Lincoln |
Publsiher | : Library of America |
Total Pages | : 844 |
Release | : 1989-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0940450631 |
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Abraham Lincoln was the greatest writer of the Civil War as well as its greatest political leader. His clear, beautiful, and at times uncompromisingly severe language forever shaped the nation’s understanding of its most terrible conflict. This volume, along with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832–1858, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. Over 550 speeches, messages, proclamations, letters, and other writings—including the Inaugural and Gettysburg addresses and the moving condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby—record the words and deeds with which Lincoln defended, preserved, and redefined the Union. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
On War
Author | : Carl von Clausewitz |
Publsiher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2023-08-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : EAN:4066339538344 |
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"On War" by Carl von Clausewitz (translated by J. J. Graham). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.