Writing the Gettysburg Address : Writing the Gettysburg Address /

"Four score and seven years ago. Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation's history? And yet after 150 years the dramatic and surprising story of how Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address has never been fully told. Until now. Martin John...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Martin P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865. > Gettysburg address.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Gettysburg address (Lincoln, Abraham)
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Political and social views.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The mysteries of the manuscript
  • "It will be an interesting ceremony"
  • The Washington draft
  • A celebrated railway journey
  • Revisions in Gettysburg
  • The Gettysburg draft
  • The battlefield draft
  • "What they did here"
  • "My remarks at Gettysburg"
  • Conclusion: Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

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