Abraham Lincoln

The Emancipation Proclamation (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) is one of the most famous Americans in history and one of the country’s most revered presidents. Schoolchildren can recite the life story of Lincoln, the “Westerner” who educated himself and became a self made man, rising from lawyer to leader of the new Republican Party before becoming the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln successfully navigated the Union through the Civil War but didn’t live to witness his own accomplishment, becoming the first president assassinated when he was killed at Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

As impressive as his presidency was, one of his most lasting legacies was his writing. In addition to masterful writing for everything from orders to his generals and condolences to the aggrieved Mrs. Bixby, his Second Inaugural Address and Gettysburg Address are considered masterpieces that rate among the greatest writings in American history. Perhaps Lincoln’s most impressive feat is that he was able to convey so much with so few words; after famous orator Edward Everett spoke for hours at Gettysburg, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address only took a few minutes.

In the generation after the Civil War, Lincoln became an American deity and one of the most written about men in history. Understandably, all of his writings and papers were intently scoured and collected, and they’ve been preserved in seven volumes of Papers and Writings .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Krill Press
• Seitenzahl: 3
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781531213930
• Artikelnr.: 54256508

Autorenporträt

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is not conventionally known as an author in the literary sense, but rather as a seminal figure in American history whose written works, primarily speeches, and official documents, hold great historical significance. Born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Kentucky, Lincoln rose from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of political power at the helm of a nation embroiled in civil war. His most notable document, 'The Emancipation Proclamation', issued on January 1, 1863, represents a turning point in American history, as it declared the freedom of slaves in the ten Confederate states then in rebellion. This document, characterized by its legalistic and political language, is not a book in the traditional sense but a formal government order. Nonetheless, it endures as a written testament to Lincoln's commitment to abolition and stands as a symbol of liberty and equality. Lincoln's literary style is marked by its clarity, moral conviction, and the poetic cadence of his speeches, most famously exemplified in the Gettysburg Address. While his written legacy doesn't include traditional books, Lincoln's collective works have been compiled and studied extensively for their rhetorical genius and historical import.