His Greatest Speeches How Lincoln Moved the Nation

Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, believed that our national character was defined by three key moments: the writing of the Constitution, our declaration of independence from England, and the beginning of slavery on the North American continent. His thoughts on these landmarks can be traced through three speeches: the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural. The latter two are well-known, enshrined forever on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial. The former is much less familiar to most, written a quarter century before his presidency, when he was a 28 year-old Illinois state legislator. In 'His Greatest Speeches', Professor Diana Schaub offers a brilliant line-by-line analysis of these timeless works, placing them in historical context and explaining the brilliance behind their rhetoric.

ISBN:	9781250763457
Publisher:	St. Martin's Press
Imprint:	St. Martin's Press
Published date:	04 Jan 2022
DEWEY:	973.7092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	312g
Height:	145mm
Width:	218mm
Spine width:	25mm

Write a review

Your Name:

Your Review: Note: HTML is not translated!

Rating: Bad           Good

Enter the code in the box below: