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Cargando... Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inauguralpor Ronald C. White
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I have an obsession with Lincoln that seems to be growing. I also am continuing efforts to refine my writing and oratory skills. To address all three at once, I came to the right place! Alliteration? Check. Balanced ideas? Check. Conciliatory appeals? Check. Winning friends and influencing people via proper word selection? Check. Not only does White offer a no-nonsense analysis of the text, but also gives the speech its proper context by sharing facts of the crowd reaction on scene and media reaction subsequently, as well as the formation of the speech in previous Lincoln speeches, letters, and conversations. The book is very full, very professional, and very detailed. Now I have to find one like this for the "I Have a Dream" speech. ( ) 3718. Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, by Ronald C. White, Jr. (read 19 Mar 2003) Having been greatly impressed by Garry Wills' Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (read by me 12 Mar 1994), when I saw this book I decided to read it. The speech, delivered March 4, 1865, is a memorable one and short, and this book is the product of great research. There are a lot of references to the Bible, and the author pretty convincingly suggests that Lincoln was a devout churchgoer who was very familiar with the Bible. There is an extensive bibliography (10 pages!). Not a bad book, but quite specialized, and not as interesting to me as was Wills' book on the Gettysburg Address. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his Second Inaugural, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it yearned for, nor did he blame the South solely for the sin of slavery. Calling the whole nation to account, Lincoln offered a moral framework for peace and reconciliation. The speech was greeted with indifference, misunderstanding, and hostility by many in the Union. But it was a great work, the victorious culmination of Lincoln's own lifelong struggle with the issue of slavery, and he well understood it to be his most profound speech. Eventually this "with malice toward none" address would be accepted and revered as one of the greatest in the nation's history." "In 703 words, delivered slowly, Lincoln transformed the meaning of the suffering brought about by the Civil War. He offered reunification, not revenge. Among those present were black soldiers and confederate deserters, ordinary citizens from all over, the black leader Frederick Douglass, the Cabinet, and other notables. John Wilkes Booth is visible in the crowd behind the president as he addresses posterity."--Jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)973.7092History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil WarClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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