This fiery trial : the speeches and writings of Abraham Lincoln / edited by William E. Gienapp.
2002
E457.92 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
This fiery trial : the speeches and writings of Abraham Lincoln / edited by William E. Gienapp.
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
ISBN
0195151062 (acid-free paper)
9780195151060 (acid-free paper)
0195151011 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780195151015 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780195151060 (acid-free paper)
0195151011 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780195151015 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number
E457.92 2001
Summary
Presents more than one hundred writings by Abraham Lincoln spanning his political career, from 1832 to 1865, each with brief introductions providing context and showing how the statesman's views on pertinent issues changed over the years.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236).
Added Author
Gienapp, William E.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
"Peculiar ambition" 1831-1853
"Half slave and half free" 1854-1860
"The perpetuity of popular government" 1860-1861
"We cannot escape history" 1862
"A new birth of freedom" 1863
"Events have controlled me" 1863-1864
"To bind up the nation's wounds" 1864-1865
Chronology of Abraham Lincoln.
"Peculiar ambition" 1831-1853
"Half slave and half free" 1854-1860
"The perpetuity of popular government" 1860-1861
"We cannot escape history" 1862
"A new birth of freedom" 1863
"Events have controlled me" 1863-1864
"To bind up the nation's wounds" 1864-1865
Chronology of Abraham Lincoln.