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His greatest speeches : how Lincoln moved the nation
Title:
His greatest speeches : how Lincoln moved the nation
Summary:
Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, believed that our national character was defined by three key moments: the writing of the Constitution, our declaration of independence from England, and the beginning of slavery on the North American continent. His thoughts on these landmarks can be traced through three speeches: the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural. The latter two are well-known, enshrined forever on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial. The former is much less familiar to most, written a quarter century before his presidency, when he was a 28 year-old Illinois state legislator. In 'His Greatest Speeches', Professor Diana Schaub offers a brilliant line-by-line analysis of these timeless works, placing them in historical context and explaining the brilliance behind their rhetoric.
Author:
Schaub, Diana J., 1959-, author.
ISBN:
9781250763457
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Physical Description:
224 pages ; 21 cm