An Abraham Lincoln Tribute: Featuring Woodcuts by Charles Turzak - Rilegato

Turzak, Charles

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ISBN 10: 0486471675 ISBN 13: 9780486471679

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2009

Riassunto

From a humble backwoods cabin to the highest office in the land, this graphic art biography chronicles Abraham Lincoln's path from obscurity to immortality. Its thirty-six striking woodcuts, each accompanied by a brief caption, depict scenes from the life of the sixteenth president. Original and imaginative in their stark beauty, these images offer fresh perspectives on the familiar tale of Lincoln's progress from rail-splitter and self-taught prairie lawyer to his role as the Great Emancipator and preserver of the Union.
This new edition of Charles Turzak's remarkable book is presented in commemoration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. In addition to a new preface and introduction, it features an appendix with several of Lincoln's famous speeches, letters, and quotations. A keepsake treasure for Civil War buffs and historians, this unique expression of American culture will inspire readers of all ages.

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L'autore:

A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Turzak worked for a variety of New Deal programs during the Depression, including a WPA-sponsored woodcut series, The History of Illinois. For his graphic art biography of Lincoln, Turzak cut the woodblocks and printed pages in full view of the public at the 1933 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair.

Contenuti:

Frontispiece Preface Introduction "Let us have faith ..." Birth Cabin in the Woods The Lincoln Family A Simple Beginning Moving to Indiana Grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Indiana Home Splitting Rails Borrowing a Book Moving to Illinois Abe at Twenty-one Down the Mississippi Slaves in New Orleans Berry-Lincoln Store Honest Abe Lincoln Wrestling Jack Armstrong Abe and Ann Ann Rutledge's Grave The Dual Personality Lincoln the Lawyer Making the Circuit Pleading the Case Campaigning Mary Todd and Lincoln Aspirations Slavery or Freedom The Debate Loyalty to a Principle "Providence brought me the leadership of this country" A Prayer for Unity Deliberation Four Dark and Deliberate Years The Gettysburg Address At the Theatre The Assassination "And now he belongs to the ages" Supplementary Letters and Speeches

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0486471675
• ISBN 13: 9780486471679
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 135
• Redattore: Blaisdell Bob