The eloquent president : a portrait of Lincoln through his words / Ronald C. White, Jr.
White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-
2005
E457.2 .W6155 2005 (Mapit)
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Title The eloquent president : a portrait of Lincoln through his words / Ronald C. White, Jr.
Author White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 1400061199 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Random House, c2005.
Language English
Description xxiii, 448 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number E457.2 .W6155 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.7/092 B
Summary Historian Ronald White examines Lincoln's astonishing oratory and explores his growth as a leader, a communicator, and a man of deepening spiritual conviction. Examining a different speech, address, or public letter in each chapter, White tracks the evolution of Lincoln's rhetoric from the measured, lawyerly tones of the First Inaugural to the haunting, immortal poetry of the Gettysburg Address. As a speaker who appealed not to intellect alone, but also to the hearts and souls of citizens, Lincoln persuaded the nation to follow him during the darkest years of the Civil War. Through the speeches and what surrounded them, we see the full sweep and meaning of the Lincoln presidency.--Publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-421) and index.
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"With a task before me greater than ... Washington"
"This, his almost chosen people"
"The mystic chords of memory"
"This is ... a people's contest"
My paramount object in this struggle"
"God wills this contest"
"We cannot escape history"
"You say you will not fight to free Negroes"
"This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom"
"I claim not to have controlled events"
With malice toward none: with charity for all."

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