Ronald C White

Lincoln's Greatest Speech

The Second Inaugural

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Produktbeschreibung

In the tradition of Wills's "Lincoln at Gettysburg, Lincoln's Greatest Speech" combines impeccable scholarship and lively, engaging writing to reveal the full meaning of one of the greatest speeches in the nation's history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780743299626
• ISBN-10: 0743299620
• Artikelnr.: 22053089

Autorenporträt

Ronald C. White Jr. is professor of American Intellectual and Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary, as well as the author and editor of five books. He lives in La Cañada, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Handwritten Text of the Second Inaugural
Printed Text of the Second Inaugural
1. Inauguration Day
2. "At this second appearing..."
3. "And the war came."
4. "...somehow, the cause of the war..."
5. "Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God..."
6. "The Almighty has His own purposes."
7. "...every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn
with the sword..."
8. "With malice toward none; with charity for all..."
9. "...better than anything I have produced, but...it is not immediately
popular."
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX I
The Text of the Second Inaugural Address
APPENDIX II
Lincoln's "Little Speech":
Letter to Albert G. Hodges
APPENDIX III
Abraham Lincoln: "Meditation on the Divine Will"
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX TO OTHER LINCOLN TEXTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS