| Database: |
West Chester University Library |
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| Database: |
West Chester University Library |
| Location: |
WCU Main Collection, 3rd Floor |
| Call Number: |
973.7 L726zwh |
| Number of Items: |
1 |
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Checked In |
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| Main author: |
White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- |
| Title: |
The eloquent president : a portrait of Lincoln through his words / Ronald C. White, Jr. |
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1st ed. |
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New York : Random House, c2005. |
| Description: |
Book |
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xxiii, 448 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-421) and index. |
| Contents: |
"With a task before me greater than ... Washington" -- "This, his almost chosen people" -- "The mystic chords of memory" -- "This is ... a people’s contest" -- My paramount object in this struggle" -- "God wills this contest" -- "We cannot escape history" -- "You say you will not fight to free Negroes" -- "This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom" -- "I claim not to have controlled events" -- With malice toward none: with charity for all." |
| Subject(s): |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Oratory. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Correspondence. |
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Presidents --United States --Biography. |
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Eloquence --Case studies. |
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Rhetoric --Political aspects --United States --Case studies. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American --History and criticism. |
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American letters --History and criticism. |
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United States --Politics and government --1861-1865. |
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