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Author White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-

Title The eloquent president : a portrait of Lincoln through his words / Ronald C. White, Jr.

Imprint New York : Random House, ©2005.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.7 L638Bwhi 2005    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxiii, 448 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-421) and index.
Summary Historian Ronald White examines Lincoln's astonishing oratory and explores his growth as a leader, a communicator, and a man of deepening spiritual conviction. Examining a different speech, address, or public letter in each chapter, White tracks the evolution of Lincoln's rhetoric from the measured, lawyerly tones of the First Inaugural to the haunting, immortal poetry of the Gettysburg Address. As a speaker who appealed not to intellect alone, but also to the hearts and souls of citizens, Lincoln persuaded the nation to follow him during the darkest years of the Civil War. Through the speeches and what surrounded them, we see the full sweep and meaning of the Lincoln presidency.--Publisher.
Contents "With a task before me greater than ... Washington" : farewell address at Springfield, February 11, 1861 -- "This, his almost chosen people" : speeches and remarks train trip from Springfield to Washington, February 11-23, 1861 -- "The mystic chords of memory" : first inaugural address, March 4, 1861-- "This is ... a people's contest" : message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861-- My paramount object in this struggle" : reply to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 -- "God wills this contest" : meditation on the divine will, September 2, 1862 -- "We cannot escape history" : annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862 -- "You say you will not fight to free Negroes" : letter to the rally at Springfield, August 26, 1863 -- "This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom" : Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 -- "I claim not to have controlled events" : little speech" to Albert Hodges, April 4, 1864 -- With malice toward none: with charity for all." (second inaugural address, March 4, 1865.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Oratory.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (OCoLC)fst00030184
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Eloquence -- Case studies.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism.
American letters -- History and criticism.
American letters. (OCoLC)fst00807110
Eloquence. (OCoLC)fst00908220
Oratory. (OCoLC)fst01047214
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
Rhetoric -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01096959
Speeches, addresses, etc., American. (OCoLC)fst01129325
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1861-1865
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Records and correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01423917
Biographies.
ISBN 1400061199 (alk. paper)
9781400061198 (alk. paper)

 
    
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