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Lincoln measured the promise--and the cost--of American freedom in lucid and extraordinarily moving prose. Here are all the significant works, including the complete Lincoln-Douglas debates, dozens of speeches, hundreds of personal and political letters, communications to generals in the field, presidential messages and proclamations, poems, and private reflections on democracy, slavery, and the meaning of the Civil War's immense suffering.
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Review:
"A momentous and thrilling addition to any library." - Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review "The best selection of Lincoln's writings available today, perhaps the best ever. If one wants to be familiar with the moral underpinnings of America and, at the same time, read the English language at its finest, turn to this handsome set." - Christian Science Monitor
About the Author:
Don E. Fehrenbacher (1920-1997), the editor of this volume, was professor of history at Stanford University. He was the author of several books, including Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850's, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, and Lincoln in Text and Context.
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1579580300
- ISBN 13 9781579580308
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages1686
- EditorFehrenbacher Don E.
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