Speeches and writings, 1832-1858 : speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, the Lincoln-Douglas debates / Abraham Lincoln.
By: Lincoln, Abraham.
Contributor(s): Fehrenbacher, Don Edward | Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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TextSeries: Library of America ; 45. Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed by the Viking Press, 1989Description: xix, 898 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0940450437 (alk. paper); 9780940450431 (alk. paper).Uniform titles: Works. Selections. 1989 Subject(s): Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861 | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Abraham Lincoln measured the promise-and cost-of Americanfreedom in lucid and extraordinarily moving prose, famousfor its native wit, simple dignity of expressions, and peculiarlyAmerican flavor. This volume, with its companion, Abraham Lincoln- Speeches and Writing1859-1865 , comprises the most comprehensive selection everpublished. over 240 speeches, letters, and drafts take Lincolnfrom rural law practice to national prominence, and chart hisemergence as an eloquent antislavery advocate and defender ofthe constitution. included are the complete Lincoln-Douglasdebates, perhaps the most famous confrontation in Americanpolitical history.
LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
"First printing"--P. [iv].
The texts are selected (from The collected works of Abraham Lincoln / edited by Roy Basler, c1953 and its supplement, c1974) and annotated by Don E. Fehrenbacher.
"Don E. Fehrenbacher wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume."
Bibliography: p. 858-876.
Includes index.
Speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings; the Lincoln Douglas debates.
