The Portable Abraham Lincoln
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The Portable Abraham Lincoln
(The Viking portable library)
Penguin, 1993
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Abraham Lincoln
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First published in the USA by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. 1992
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-332) and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780140170313
Description
As President, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigour and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's rhetoric. Lincoln's writings are testaments to our history, as well as windows into his enigmatic personality. This book contains Lincoln's speeches along with less familiar letters, charting Lincoln's political career, his stand against slavery and the day-to-day running of the Civil War. The book also includes an introduction, detailed chapter notes and a chronology of Lincoln's life.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The emergence of Lincoln: to the poeple of Sangamo County, March 9th 1832
- letter to Mrs Orville H. Browning, April 1st 1838
- letter to Joshua F. Speed June 19th 1841
- address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield Illinois January 27th 1838
- Handbill replying to charges of infidelity July 31st 1846
- letter to William H. Herndon February 1tst 1848
- letter to Mary Todd Lincoln April 16th 1848
- fragment on Niagra Falls
- notes on the pracice of law (1850). Part II Lincoln becomes a Republican: Fragment on Slavery (1854?)
- speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act at Peoria, Illinois October 16, 1854
- Letter to George Robertson, August 15, 1855
- letter lo Joshua F. Seed, August 24, 1855
- "house divided" speech at Springfield Illinois June 16th 1858.
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: hc ISBN 9780670840885
Description
In a space small enough to be toured by the interested general reader but large enough to contain the central utterances of Lincoln's life, this collection aims to make the man available through his own voice and expression. Includes the "House Divided" speech, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and much more.
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