The Eloquent President : : a Portrait of Lincoln Through his Words
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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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, c2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: xxiii, 448 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1400061199 (alk. paper) :
SUBJECTS
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Oratory.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Correspondence.
Presidents -- Biography.
Eloquence -- Case studies.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism.
American letters -- History and criticism.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.