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Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic

Name: Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic
Brand: Library of America
SKU: 9781598530537
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Contributors:

Abraham Lincoln, Gore Vidal (Introduction by)

Publisher:

Library of America

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections

Book Subcategory:

Presidents & Heads of State, United States, American

Book Topic:

Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Series:

Library of America

Audience:

Young Adult

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Release Date:

2009-07-30

ISBN 13:

9781598530537

Weight:

1.11 lbs

Size:

8.13 x 5.05 x 0.97 inches

Pages:

550

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Description

The most essential writings of America's heroic Civil War president, complete with detailed notes, a chronology of Lincoln's life and political career, and an introduction by the novelist Gore Vidal.

Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in this volume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer ever to occupy the White House and a documentary history of America in Abraham Lincoln's time. They record Lincoln's campaigns for public office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; his electrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the Civil War; and the great public utterances of his presidency, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.

Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers.

The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832- 1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, volumes number 45 and 46 in the Library of America series. They are joined in the series by a companion volume, number 192s, The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on his Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now.

About the Author

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States, guiding the nation through the Civil War before becoming one of its final vicitims, assasinated at Ford's Theater in Washington on April 15, 1865, less than a week after the surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox.

Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was the author of numerous novels--the first, Williwaw, written when he was twenty-one--as well as scripts for film, television and the stage, including the extremely successful The Best Man and Visit to a Small Planet. He is perhaps best known for his historical novels, including Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), and Lincoln (1984). He won the National Book Award in 1993 for his book of essays, United States (1952-1992).

Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic

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