Words of Abraham Lincoln e-bog
58,12 DKK
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From the Four score and seven years ago that every American schoolchild knows to personal notes and dozens of memorable letters, debates, and speeches from a critical time in this nations history, here is a remarkable collection of Lincolns writings. Through them, we can follow the sixteenth presidents development from country lawyer to healer of a wounded nation.Arranged thematically, The Word...
E-bog
58,12 DKK
Forlag
Newmarket Press
Udgivet
21 juli 2009
Længde
128 sider
Genrer
1KBB
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781557048622
From the Four score and seven years ago that every American schoolchild knows to personal notes and dozens of memorable letters, debates, and speeches from a critical time in this nations history, here is a remarkable collection of Lincolns writings. Through them, we can follow the sixteenth presidents development from country lawyer to healer of a wounded nation.Arranged thematically, The Words of Abraham Lincoln brings together his early writings, his notes on courtship, marriage, and the family, his thoughts on slavery, including the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation, and his letters to his generals during the Civil War, among other subjects. This book includes eight historical photographs and a chronology.Two hundred years after his birth, Lincolns writing endures. Witty and wise, Lincoln speaks today as powerfully as he did when he was president.