Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 by Don E Fehrenbacher

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 by Don E Fehrenbacher

Abraham Lincoln was the greatest writer of the Civil War as wellas its greatest political leader. His clear, beautiful, and at timesuncompromisingly severe language forever shaped the nation's
understanding of its most terrible conflict. This volume, alongwith its companion, Abraham Lincoln- Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, comprises the mostcomprehensive selection ever published. Over 550 speeches,messages, proclamations, letters, and other writings-includingthe Inaugural and Gettysburg addresses and the moving condolenceletter to Mrs. Bixby-record the words and deeds withwhich Lincoln defended, preserved, and redefined the Union.

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Don E. Fehrenbacher died in 1997. He was the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University, where he taught for 30 years. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, and he edited and completed
David M. Potter's The Impending Crisis, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977. He was awarded the Lincoln Prize for lifetime achievement in 1997. Ward M. McAfee is Professor of History at California State University, San Bernardino. One of Don Fehrenbacher's former students, he has published in a
variety of fields, including the Civil War and Reconstruction, world religions, and California history. He lives in Upland, California.

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ISBN 13	9781598530384
ISBN 10	1598530380
Title	Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865
Author	Don E Fehrenbacher
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Library of America
Year published	2008-12-26
Number of pages	788
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