Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library series)
by WILLS, Garry
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- ISBN 10
- 0743299639
- ISBN 13
- 9780743299633
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New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0743299639 . The eminent educator and prolific author Garry Wills examines the Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln. The speech, delivered in the aftermath of the horrific Battle of Gettysburg, was a milestone in American life, giving his fellow citizens "a new birth of freedom." Mr. Wills seeks to show how Lincoln's words came "to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution." --- A softcover edition with images of Mr. Lincoln to cover. An entry in publisher's Lincoln Library series. --- A clean, sound copy but with some age-toning to leaves.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 317 pages .
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The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into the words and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood.
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- Title
- Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library series)
- Author
- WILLS, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743299639
- ISBN 13
- 9780743299633
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0743299639
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Abraham Lincoln;
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