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More copies of this ISBNLincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade Americaby Garry Wills
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-304) and indexes. About the AuthorGarry Wills, former Henry R. Luce Professor of American Culture and Public Policy at Northwestern University, is the author of Inventing America and Explaining America, as well as Reagan's America, Under God, Nixon Agonistes, The Kennedy Imprisonment, and other books. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Table of ContentsContents Key to Brief Citations Prologue 1. Oratory of the Greek Revival 2. Gettysburg and the Culture of Death 3. The Transcendental Declaration 4. Revolution in Thought 5. Revolution in Style Epilogue Appendices I. What Lincoln Said: The Text II. Where He Said It: The Site III. Four Funeral Orations A. By Everett B. By Pericles C. By Gorgias D. The Gettysburg Address 1. Spoken Text(?) 2. Final Text Acknowledgments Notes Index to the Gettysburg Address Index to Other Major Lincoln Texts Name Index Photo Credits
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