Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches And Writings - Brossura

Sandburg, Carl; Basler, Roy

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ISBN 10: 0306810751 ISBN 13: 9780306810756

Casa editrice: Da Capo Press, 2001

Riassunto

This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces,the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation,but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents . . . but the most telling and unforgettable of all American'public' writer-speakers," and it's never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.

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L'autore:

Roy P. Basler was the author of The Lincoln Legend and co-editor of the authoritative eight-volume Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.

Product Description:

"The most comprehensive and readable one-volume collection of Lincoln's writings ever published. " -David Herbert Donald. . This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpiecesthe Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamationbut hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents ...but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and its never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.

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• Editore: Da Capo Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0306810751
• ISBN 13: 9780306810756
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 888