Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America
de Garry Wills
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- 0671769561
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- 9780671769567
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In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation's history. The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into the words and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood.
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- Librería
- Amie Price (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1111111
- Título
- Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America
- Autor
- Garry Wills
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0671769561
- ISBN 13
- 9780671769567
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1992
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Amie Price
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- Autógrafos y libros firmados Libros firmados
- Países y culturas Norteamérica Estados Unidos Americana
- Historia Historia occidental Historia de los Estados Unidos
- Historia militar Guerras Guerra civil americana
- Política, gobierno y derecho Cumplimiento de la ley Biografía política Presidentes americanos
- Política, gobierno y derecho Cumplimiento de la ley Biografía política Abraham Lincoln
- Biografías y ensayos Biografía y memorias