Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774817667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln's "Lost Speech" refers to a real historical incident in 1856 when Lincoln, then a relatively unknown lawyer and politician, delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in Bloomington, Illinois. Unfortunately, the text of this speech was not recorded at the time, and it was considered lost for many years. This event became a part of American history due to the significance of Lincoln's stance against the spread of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774817667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln's "Lost Speech" refers to a real historical incident in 1856 when Lincoln, then a relatively unknown lawyer and politician, delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in Bloomington, Illinois. Unfortunately, the text of this speech was not recorded at the time, and it was considered lost for many years. This event became a part of American history due to the significance of Lincoln's stance against the spread of slavery.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774817667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln's "Lost Speech" refers to a real historical incident in 1856 when Lincoln, then a relatively unknown lawyer and politician, delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in Bloomington, Illinois. Unfortunately, the text of this speech was not recorded at the time, and it was considered lost for many years. This event became a part of American history due to the significance of Lincoln's stance against the spread of slavery.
Lincoln Speeches
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101603704
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The defining rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln – politician, president, and emancipator Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life to create a timely and informative mini-library of perennially vital issues. Whether readers are encountering these classic writings for the first time, or brushing up in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, these slim volumes will serve as a powerful and illuminating resource for scholars, students, and civic-minded citizens. As president, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. His words are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the writer's art. Renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo brings together this volume of Lincoln Speeches that span the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the inspirational and intellectual. The book contains everything from classic speeches that any citizen would recognize—the first debate with Stephen Douglas, the "House Divided" Speech, the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address—to the less known ones that professed Lincoln fans will come to enjoy and intellectuals and critics praise. These orations show the contours of the civic dilemmas Lincoln, and America itself, encountered: the slavery issue, state v. federal power, citizens and their duty, death and destruction, the coming of freedom, the meaning of the Constitution, and what it means to progress.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101603704
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The defining rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln – politician, president, and emancipator Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life to create a timely and informative mini-library of perennially vital issues. Whether readers are encountering these classic writings for the first time, or brushing up in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, these slim volumes will serve as a powerful and illuminating resource for scholars, students, and civic-minded citizens. As president, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. His words are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the writer's art. Renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo brings together this volume of Lincoln Speeches that span the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the inspirational and intellectual. The book contains everything from classic speeches that any citizen would recognize—the first debate with Stephen Douglas, the "House Divided" Speech, the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address—to the less known ones that professed Lincoln fans will come to enjoy and intellectuals and critics praise. These orations show the contours of the civic dilemmas Lincoln, and America itself, encountered: the slavery issue, state v. federal power, citizens and their duty, death and destruction, the coming of freedom, the meaning of the Constitution, and what it means to progress.
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Life on the Circuit with Lincoln
Author: Henry Clay Whitney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
"Originally commenced as a pastime, and to please a circle of friends alone, success, in any degree, can only be hoped for, because of my vantage ground as an intimate and close friend of Mr. Lincoln, and because, by reason of such intimacy, of the novelty of some of the facts and deductions, and not, in any sense, by reason, but in spite of, its literary style or, rather, the lack thereof."--Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
"Originally commenced as a pastime, and to please a circle of friends alone, success, in any degree, can only be hoped for, because of my vantage ground as an intimate and close friend of Mr. Lincoln, and because, by reason of such intimacy, of the novelty of some of the facts and deductions, and not, in any sense, by reason, but in spite of, its literary style or, rather, the lack thereof."--Preface.
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29 1856
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781019521724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A facsimile of one of Abraham Lincoln's most famous speeches, which was lost to history until it was rediscovered and published in 1897. This edition includes a transcription of the speech, as well as commentary by the editor, Henry Clay Whitney, and an introduction by the Republican Club of New York. This book is a fascinating glimpse into the mind and words of one of America's greatest presidents. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781019521724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A facsimile of one of Abraham Lincoln's most famous speeches, which was lost to history until it was rediscovered and published in 1897. This edition includes a transcription of the speech, as well as commentary by the editor, Henry Clay Whitney, and an introduction by the Republican Club of New York. This book is a fascinating glimpse into the mind and words of one of America's greatest presidents. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign debates
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign debates
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Wrestling With His Angel
Author: Sidney Blumenthal
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501153781
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Explores how the sixteenth president rebounded from the disintegration of the Whig Party and took on the anti-Immigration party in Illinois to clear a path for a new Republican Party.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501153781
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Explores how the sixteenth president rebounded from the disintegration of the Whig Party and took on the anti-Immigration party in Illinois to clear a path for a new Republican Party.
Lincoln and Douglas
Author: Allen C. Guelzo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416564926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
From the two-time winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize, a stirring and surprising account of the debates that made Lincoln a national figure and defined the slavery issue that would bring the country to war. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known as a successful Illinois lawyer who had achieved some prominence in state politics as a leader in the new Republican Party. Two years later, he was elected president and was on his way to becoming the greatest chief executive in American history. What carried this one-term congressman from obscurity to fame was the campaign he mounted for the United States Senate against the country’s most formidable politician, Stephen A. Douglas, in the summer and fall of 1858. As this brilliant narrative by the prize-winning Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo dramatizes, Lincoln would emerge a predominant national figure, the leader of his party, the man who would bear the burden of the national confrontation. Lincoln lost that Senate race to Douglas, though he came close to toppling the “Little Giant,” whom almost everyone thought was unbeatable. Guelzo’s Lincoln and Douglas brings alive their debates and this whole year of campaigns and underscores their centrality in the greatest conflict in American history. The encounters between Lincoln and Douglas engage a key question in American political life: What is democracy's purpose? Is it to satisfy the desires of the majority? Or is it to achieve a just and moral public order? These were the real questions in 1858 that led to the Civil War. They remain questions for Americans today.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416564926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
From the two-time winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize, a stirring and surprising account of the debates that made Lincoln a national figure and defined the slavery issue that would bring the country to war. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known as a successful Illinois lawyer who had achieved some prominence in state politics as a leader in the new Republican Party. Two years later, he was elected president and was on his way to becoming the greatest chief executive in American history. What carried this one-term congressman from obscurity to fame was the campaign he mounted for the United States Senate against the country’s most formidable politician, Stephen A. Douglas, in the summer and fall of 1858. As this brilliant narrative by the prize-winning Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo dramatizes, Lincoln would emerge a predominant national figure, the leader of his party, the man who would bear the burden of the national confrontation. Lincoln lost that Senate race to Douglas, though he came close to toppling the “Little Giant,” whom almost everyone thought was unbeatable. Guelzo’s Lincoln and Douglas brings alive their debates and this whole year of campaigns and underscores their centrality in the greatest conflict in American history. The encounters between Lincoln and Douglas engage a key question in American political life: What is democracy's purpose? Is it to satisfy the desires of the majority? Or is it to achieve a just and moral public order? These were the real questions in 1858 that led to the Civil War. They remain questions for Americans today.
Discoveries and Inventions a Lecture
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979591812
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979591812
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
The Case of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Julie M. Fenster
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0230610811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The year 1856 was a pivotal one for this country, witnessing the birth of the Republican Party as we know it. But it was also a critical year in the troubled political life of Abraham Lincoln. As a lawyer, he tried his most scandalous murder case. At the same time, he made a decision which unleashed his soaring abilities for the first time, a decision which reverberates to this day: whether or not to join the new Republican Party. The Case of Abraham Lincoln offers the first-ever account of the suspenseful Anderson Murder Case, and Lincoln's role in it. Bestselling historian Fenster not only examines the case that changed Lincoln's fate, but portrays his day-to-day life as a circuit lawyer and how it shaped him as a politician. In a book that draws a picture of Lincoln in court and at home during that memorable season of 1856, Fenster also offers a close-up look at Lincoln's political work, much of it masterful, some of it adventurous, in building the party that would change his fate – and that of the nation.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0230610811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The year 1856 was a pivotal one for this country, witnessing the birth of the Republican Party as we know it. But it was also a critical year in the troubled political life of Abraham Lincoln. As a lawyer, he tried his most scandalous murder case. At the same time, he made a decision which unleashed his soaring abilities for the first time, a decision which reverberates to this day: whether or not to join the new Republican Party. The Case of Abraham Lincoln offers the first-ever account of the suspenseful Anderson Murder Case, and Lincoln's role in it. Bestselling historian Fenster not only examines the case that changed Lincoln's fate, but portrays his day-to-day life as a circuit lawyer and how it shaped him as a politician. In a book that draws a picture of Lincoln in court and at home during that memorable season of 1856, Fenster also offers a close-up look at Lincoln's political work, much of it masterful, some of it adventurous, in building the party that would change his fate – and that of the nation.