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Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The first comprehensive history of the composition of one of the most famous and iconic speeches in American history, one that persuasively resolves previously unresolved issues relating the speech and enriches our understanding of how the speech reflected Lincoln's evolving ideas"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln proved himself a master of a new frontier--not on the battlefields of the Civil War, but in his "high-tech" command center, the War Department Telegraph Office. The telegraph was the "Internet" of the nineteenth century, and it gave Lincoln powers of command, communications, and control never before exercised by a commander-in-chief. He used this new technology to connect the country to him--receiving nearly live dispatches...
Author
Publisher
Bowen Press/Collins
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Presents a comic book style depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg, the national movement to create a memorial at the battle site, and the day of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863, drawn from first-person letters, speeches, and other primary sources. The address itself is played out over sixeen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address. The Greenwood School students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences that make their personal,...
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