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Writing the Gettysburg Address
Martin P. Johnson
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Description for Writing the Gettysburg Address
Paperback. The dramatic and surprising story of how Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address, this book solves the central mysteries that for over 150 years have surrounded our nations most admired speech. Follows Lincoln from Washington to Gettysburg as he composed, revised, and then delivered this important statement of American identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 Johnson's remarkable work of historical and literary detection illuminates a speech, a man, and a moment in history that we thought we knew. Johnson guides readers on Lincoln's emotional and intellectual journey to the speaker's platform, revealing that Lincoln himself experienced writing the Gettysburg ... Read more
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 Johnson's remarkable work of historical and literary detection illuminates a speech, a man, and a moment in history that we thought we knew. Johnson guides readers on Lincoln's emotional and intellectual journey to the speaker's platform, revealing that Lincoln himself experienced writing the Gettysburg ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700621125
SKU
V9780700621125
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About Martin P. Johnson
Martin P. Johnson is an assistant professor of history at Miami University, USA and is the author of two books on European politics and several articles on Lincoln and the Civil War.
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