About this title: Historian Wills provides a close reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address--including commentary on various editions. He provides the historical context for the speech, and explains why he thinks it was such a visionary statement.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780671867423ISBN:0671867423
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Book appears unread but has two holes punched in back cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780671867423ISBN:0671867423
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be ... read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2006-11-14
ISBN-13:9780743299633ISBN:0743299639
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1993-06-12
ISBN-13:9780671867423ISBN:0671867423
Description: Fair. Soft cover with average shelf/handling/edge wear. Black marking on inside front cover. Some curling/creasing of inside front cover. Clean inside pages. Good binding. read more
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Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Simon & Schuster, 2006. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Simon & Schuster, 2006. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books / Simon and Schuster, NY
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780671867423ISBN:0671867423
Description: NF. Trade paperback, 317 pages. Spine uncreased, clean inside, no markings inside, back cover has flattened crease at top tip. Else VG+ read more
"It was a rough read. Unless your really into Lincoln I would avoid it. The entire book is about the Gettysburg address. It was brutal; I am amazed I finished it."
"Wills takes us back not only to the day that Lincoln gave this speech, but also he starts off crafting deftly, and laboriously, our experiences while visiting a cemetery such as this one. That realm between the living and the dead should be used to remember and commemorate those that have fallen so that we can finish the work before us. Our work to reinvent the Union should be founded upon giving new meaning to "all men are created equal."
Also, Wills explains how revolutionary Lincoln's Gettysburg address really was. And he proposes why it was so short, and also why so much was left out of it... like the words "slavery", "the South", or even the word "Union". And finally he examines how the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's Second Inaugural are so similar, and why the "sin of slavery" was not part of the Gettysburg Address but was able to be included in his Second Inaugural.
If there ever was a book that I should reread, this is one of them."
"Lincoln at Gettysburg has alot of written letters and speaches from A. Lincoln. It's very interesting how short the Gettysburg Address actually was considering it's an important historical speach. The books explores the wisdom of Lincoln and his ability to articulate his idea's with powerful visions."
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