Dimensions
112 x 187 x 14mm
As president, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric.
His words are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the writer's art. Renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo brings together this volume of Lincoln Speeches that span the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the inspirational and intellectual.
The book contains everything from classic speeches that any citizen would recognize - the first debate with Stephen Douglas, the 'House Divided' Speech, the Gettysburg Addr
