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The eloquent president

a portrait of Lincoln through his words

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An edition of The eloquent president (2005)

The eloquent president

a portrait of Lincoln through his words

Random House trade pbk. ed.

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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.

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American letters, Biography, Case studies, Correspondence, Eloquence, History and criticism, Oratory, Political aspects of Rhetoric, Politics and government, Presidents, Rhetoric, Speeches, addresses, etc., American, Political aspects, Rhetorik, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, United states, politics and government, 19th century

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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Places

United States

Times

1861-1865
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Table of Contents

"With a task before me greater than ... Washington" : farewell address at Springfield, February 11, 1861
"This, his almost chosen people" : speeches and remarks train trip from Springfield to Washington, February 11-23, 1861
"The mystic chords of memory" : first Inaugural address, March 4, 1861
"This is ... a people's contest" : message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861
My paramount object in this struggle" : reply to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862
"God wills this contest" : meditation on the divine will, September 2(?), 1862
"We cannot escape history" : annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862
"You say you will not fight to free Negroes" : letter to the rally at Springfield, August 26, 1863
"This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom" : Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
"I claim not to have controlled events" : "little speech" to Albert Hodges, April 4, 1864
"With malice toward none; with charity for all" : second Inaugural address, March 4, 1865.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Random House, c2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-426) and index.

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New York
Genre
Correspondence., Biography., Case studies.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/092, B
Library of Congress
E457.2 .W6155 2006, E457.2 .W6155 2005, E457.2

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Pagination
xxiii, 448 p. :
Number of pages
448

Edition Identifiers

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OL20024596M
ISBN 10
0812970462
LCCN
2004050766
OCLC/WorldCat
64395183
Library Thing
114439
Goodreads
297807

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OL4803813W

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