Gettysburg Gospel The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows

Name: Gettysburg Gospel The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
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ISBN: 9780743288217

ISBN-10: 0743288211

ISBN-13: 9780743288217

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gabor Boritt

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The words Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg comprise perhaps the most famous speech in history. Many books have been written about the Gettysburg Address and yet, as Lincoln scholar Gabor Boritt shows, there is much that we don't know about the speech. InThe Gettysburg Gospelhe tears away a century of myths, lies, and legends to give us a clear understanding of the greatest American's greatest speech. In the aftermath of the bloodiest battle ever fought in North America, the little town of Gettysburg was overwhelmed. This was where Lincoln had to come to explain why the horror of war must continue. Boritt shows how Lincoln responded to…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 2/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



After Battle



Rebirth



Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg



Carousing Crowds



The Gettysburg Gospel



Echoes



Gloria



Coda


Appendixes



The Program at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19, 1863



A Beautiful Hand: Facsimiles of the Five Versions of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's Hand



Parsing Lincoln



Dollar Signs


Notes


A Bibliographic Note: Dwarfs and Giants


Acknowledgments


Index