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- Writing the Gettysburg Address…
- Authors:
- Johnson, Martin P.
- Item ID:
- 71201301300117
- Publisher:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c2013.
- ISBN:
- 9780700619337 (hardback : alk. paper); 070061933X (hardback : alk. paper); 9780700621125 (paperback); 0700621121 (paperback)
- Call Number:
- E475.55 .J65 2013
- Physical Description:
- x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Topic:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
- Note:
- "The first comprehensive history of the composition of one of the most famous and iconic speeches in American history, one that persuasively resolves previously unresolved issues relating the speech and enriches our understanding of how the speech reflected Lincoln's evolving ideas"-- Provided by publisher.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.; 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?
- OCLC Number:
- ocn840162014
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets