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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library) (original 1992; edition 1992)

by Garry Wills

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Examination of the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame breathing new life into the words and revealing much about the President.
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Title:Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)
Authors:Garry Wills
Info:Simon & Schuster (2006), Edition: annotated edition, Paperback, 320 pages
Collections:Books Read
Rating:*****
Tags:History, Biography, Civil War, 973

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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills (1992)

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  vorefamily | Feb 22, 2024 |
$5.
  susangeib | Oct 31, 2023 |
Detailed. Complex. Enlightening. It requires careful reading. ( )
1 vote Michael_Lilly | Mar 8, 2023 |
Detailed and thorough, if dense at times and, perhaps, bordering on pedantic. I came to this examination of Lincoln's famous speech as I was re-reading Shelby Foote's Civil War: A Narrative, and I wanted to dig deeper into the address itself. Boy, did I dig deeper. ( )
  markburris | Jul 11, 2021 |
I wish the entire text had been similar to the final chapter "Revolution in Style" where the author spent time looking at sentence construction, brevity, grammar, stuff like that. The previous 100 pages were really mostly about the political environment. The level of scholarship is undeniable, but it was a bit of a yawner for me, though I like Garry Wills's other work such as "Nixon Agonistes." ( )
  shaundeane | Sep 13, 2020 |
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Not all the gallantry of General Lee can redeem, quite, his foolhardiness at Gettysburg.
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