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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)

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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)

In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nationâ€™s history.

The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation â€œa new birth of freedomâ€ in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece.

By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2006-11-14
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780743299633

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