Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches And Writings

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches And Writings
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Carl Sandburg
By (author) Roy Basler
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:888
Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9780306810756
ClassificationsDewey:973.7092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 1 December 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

"The most comprehensive and readable one-volume collection of Lincoln's writings ever published. " -David Herbert Donald. . This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpiecesthe Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamationbut hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents ...but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and its never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.

Author Biography

Roy P. Basler was the author of The Lincoln Legend and co-editor of the authoritative eight-volume Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.