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Author Johnson, Martin P.

Title Writing the Gettysburg Address / Martin P. Johnson.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.7 L638Bjoh 2013    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  973.7 J6301w 2013    ---  Available
Description x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Summary "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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
Contents 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?
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
ISBN 9780700619337 (hbk. : alk. paper)
070061933X (hbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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