Abraham Lincoln

Great Speeches (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

For someone who claimed he had been educated by "littles" a little now and a little then Abraham Lincoln displayed a remarkable facility in his use of the written word. The simple yet memorable eloquence of his speeches, proclamations and personal correspondence is recorded here in a representative collection of 16 documents.
This volume contains, complete and unabridged, the Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838), which emphasized a theme Lincoln was to return to repeatedly, namely, the capacity of a people to govern themselves; the "House Divided" speech at the Republican State Convention in Illinois (1858); the First Inaugural Address (1861), in which he appealed to the people of an already divided union for sectional harmony; the Gettysburg Address (1863), a speech delivered at ceremonies dedicating a part of the Gettysburg battlefield as a cemetery; the Letter to Mrs. Bixby (1864), expressing Lincoln's regrets over the wartime deaths of her five sons; the Second Inaugural Address (March 1865), urging a post-war nation to "bind up its wounds" and show "charity for all"; and his Last Public Address (April 11, 1865). New notes place the speeches and other documents in their respective historical contexts.
An invaluable reference for history students, this important volume will also fascinate admirers of Abraham Lincoln, Americana enthusiasts, Civil War buffs and any lover of the finely crafted phrase.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: ab 11 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486130880
• Artikelnr.: 39138614

Inhaltsangabe

The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young men's Lyceum of Springfield
Illinois
January 27
1838 The Presidential Question: Speech in the United States House of Representatives
July 27
1848 A House Diveded: Speech Delivered at Springfield
Illinois
at the Close of the Republican State Convention
June 16
1858 Last Speech in Springfield
Illinois
in the 1858 Campaign
October 30
1858 Address at Cooper Institute
New York
February 27
1860 Farewell Address at Springfield
Illinois
February 11
1861 First Inaugural Address
March 4
1861 Message to Congress in Special Session
July 4
1861 Proclamation of a National Fast-Day
August 12
1861 Annual Message to Congress
December 1
1862 Final Emancipation Proclamation
January 1
1863 Proclamation for Thanksgiving
October 3
1863 Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg
November 19
1863 Letter to Mrs. Bixby
November 21
1864 Second Inaugural Address
March 4
1865 Last Public Address
April 11
1865

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