The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

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Random House Publishing Group, 13/06/2012 - 928 páginas
Abraham Lincoln, the greatest of all American presidents, left us a vast legacy of writings, some of which are among the most famous in our history. Lincoln was a marvelous writer—from the humblest letter to his great speeches, including his inaugural addresses, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. His sentences were so memorably crafted that many resonate across the years. "Fourscore and seven years ago," begins the Gettysburg Address, "our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

In 1940, the prolific author and historian Philip Van Doren Stern produced this volume as a guide to Lincoln's life through his writings. Stern's "Life of Abraham Lincoln" is a full biography of the man and includes a detailed chronology. Stern has collected all the essential texts of Lincoln's public life, from his first public address—a stump speech in New Salem, Illinois, in 1832 for an election he went on to lose—to his last piece of public writing, a pass to a congressman who was to visit the president the day after Lincoln went to Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Some 275 such documents are collected and placed in their historical context. Together with the "Life" and the Introduction, "Lincoln in His Writings," by noted historian Allan Nevins, they give a full and vivid picture of Abraham Lincoln.
 

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LINCOLN IN HIS WRITINGSbyAllan Nevins
THE LIFE OFABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE LIFE OFABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE LINCOLNS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
BULL RUN
THE TRENT AFFAIR
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN AGAINST RICHMOND
THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION
FROM AN ADDRESSTO THE NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY
SPEECH AT INDEPENDENCE HALL PHILADELPHIA
FROM AN ADDRESS AT HARRISBURG
FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
NOTE TO EACH OF THE CABINET MEMBERS ASKING FOR OPINIONS ON FORT SUMTER
REPLY TO SECRETARY SEWARDS MEMORANDUM
PROCLAMATION CALLING 75000 MILITIA AND CONVENING CONGRESS IN EXTRA SESSION
PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE

GETTYSBURG
THE PRESIDENT VS CONGRESS
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1864
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS
VICTORY AND PEACE
NIGHT AND DAY JOURNEYS A COFFIN
CHRONOLOGY
THE WRITINGS OFABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE WRITINGS OFABRAHAM LINCOLN
LETTER TO JESSE LINCOLN
SPEECH AT PEORIA ILLINOIS IN REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS
LETTER TO E B WASHBURNE
LETTER TO OWEN LOVEJOY
LETTER TO GEORGE ROBERTSON
LETTER TO JOSHUA F SPEED
LETTER TO ISHAM REAVIS
LETTER TO GEORGE P FLOYD
FROM A SPEECH MADE AT GALENA ILLINOIS DURING THE FREMONT CAMPAIGN
SPEECH AT KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN
FROM A SPEECH ON SECTIONALISM MADE DURING THE FREMONT CAMPAIGN
FROM A SPEECH AT A REPUBLICAN BANQUET CHICAGO
FROM A SPEECH IN SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS
LETTER TO HANNAH ARMSTRONG
SPEECH DELIVERED AT SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS AT THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION WHICH HAD MADE LINCOLN ITS CAND...
LETTER TO JOHN L SCRIPPS
FROM A SPEECH AT CHICAGO
FROM A SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS
LETTER TO STEPHEN A DOUGLAS
LETTER TO STEPHEN A DOUGLAS
LETTER TO STEPHEN A DOUGLAS
LETTER TO HENRY ASBURY
FROM LINCOLNS REPLY IN THE FIRST JOINT DEBATE AT OTTAWA ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS OPENING SPEECH AT THE SECOND JOINT DEBATE AT FREEPORT ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS REJOINDERIN THE SECOND JOINT DEBATEAT FREEPORT ILLINOIS
FROM A SPEECH AT EDWARDSVILLE ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS REPLY IN THE THIRD JOINT DEBATE AT JONESBORO ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS OPENING SPEECH AT THE FOURTH JOINT DEBATE AT CHARLESTON ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS REJOINDER IN THE FOURTH JOINT DEBATE AT CHARLESTON ILLINOIS
NOTES FOR SPEECHES
FROM LINCOLNS REPLY IN THE FIFTH JOINT DEBATE AT GALESBURG ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS OPENING SPEECH AT THE SIXTH JOINT DEBATE AT QUINCY ILLINOIS
FROM LINCOLNS REPLY IN THE SEVENTH AND LAST JOINT DEBATE AT ALTON ILLINOIS
LETTER TO EDWARD LUSK
CONCLUSION OF A SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD
LETTER TO N B JUDD
LETTER TO HENRY ASBURY
FROM A LETTER TO A G HENRY
LETTER TO ALEXANDER SYMPSON
LETTER TO H L PIERCE AND OTHERS
LETTER TO SALMON PORTLAND CHASE
LETTER TO SALMON PORTLAND CHASE
FROM A SPEECH AT COLUMBUS OHIO
FROM A SPEECH AT CINCINNATI
FROM AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MILWAUKEE
LETTER TO J W FELL
LETTER TO A JONAS
ADDRESS AT COOPER INSTITUTE NEW YORK
FROM A SPEECH AT NEW HAVEN CONN
FROM A LETTER TO MARK W DELAHAY
LETTER TO E STAFFORD
LETTER TO SAMUEL GALLOWAY
LETTER TO C F McNEIL
REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE SENT TO NOTIFY LINCOLN OF HIS NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT
LETTER TO GEORGE ASHMUN AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
LETTER TO SAMUEL HAYCRAFT
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH WRITTEN FOR USE IN PREPARING A CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHY
LETTER TO F A WOOD
LETTER TO SAMUEL GALLOWAY
LETTER TO A G HENRY
LETTER TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN
LETTER TO A JONAS
LETTER TO SAMUEL HAYCRAFT
LETTER TO SAMUEL HAYCRAFT
LETTER TO JOHN HANKS
LETTER TO ANSON G CHESTER
LETTER TO NATHANIEL GRIGSBY
LETTER TO MRS M J GREEN
LETTER TO MAJOR DAVID HUNTER
LETTER TO GEORGE D PRENTICE
LETTER TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN
LETTER TO TRUMAN SMITH
LETTER TO JOSHUA SPEED
LETTER TO LYMAN TRUMBULL
LETTER TO JOHN A GILMER
LETTER TO THURLOW WEED
LETTER TO LYMAN TRUMBULL
LETTER TO ALEXANDER H STEPHENS
LETTER TO GENERAL DUFF GREEN
LETTER TO W H SEWARD
LETTER TO JAMES T HALE
FROM A LETTER TO W H SEWARD
FAREWELL ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS
FROM AN ADDRESS TO THE GERMANS AT CINCINNATI OHIO
FROM AN ADDRESS AT PITTSBURGH
FROM AN ADDRESS AT CLEVELAND OHIO
ADDRESS AT HUDSON NEW YORK
ADDRESS AT NEW YORK CITY
LETTER TO REVERDY JOHNSON
LETTER TO COLONEL ELLSWORTHS PARENTS
FROM THE MESSAGE TO CONGRESS IN SPECIAL SESSION
MEMORANDA OF MILITARY POLICY
LETTER TO GENERAL JOHN C FRÉMONT
ORDER TO GENERAL FRÉMONT
LETTER TO O H BROWNING
NOTE TO MAJOR RAMSEY
FROM THE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
LETTER TO MAJORGENERAL HUNTER
GENERAL WAR ORDER NO ONE
LETTER TO GENERAL G B McCLELLAN
RESPITE AND CONFIRMATION OF SENTENCE FOR NATHANIEL GORDON
FROM A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS RECOMMENDING COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION
LETTER TO JAMES A McDOUGALL
LETTER TO GENERAL G B McCLELLAN
LETTER TO GENERAL G B McCLELLAN
FROM THE PROCLAMATION REVOKING GENERAL HUNTERS ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPATION
LETTER TO E M STANTON SECRETARY OF WAR
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G B McCLELLAN
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AS FIRST SUBMITTED TO THE CABINET JULY 22 1862
LETTER TO CUTHBERT BULLITT
LETTER TO AUGUST BELMONT
FROM A LETTER TO COUNT A DE GASPARIN
FROM AN ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON
LETTER TO JOHN M CLAY
FROM AN ADDRESS ON COLONIZATION TO A NEGRO DEPUTATION AT WASHINGTON
LETTER TO HORACE GREELEY
REPLY TO A COMMITTEE OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATI...
PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
LETTER TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN
REPLY TO AN ADDRESS BY MRS ELIZA P GURNEY
MEDITATION ON THE DIVINE WILL
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G B McCLELLAN
ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL G B McCLELLAN
FROM A LETTER TO GENERAL CARL SCHURZ
FROM THE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
FINAL EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
LETTER TO THE WORKINGMEN OF MANCHESTER ENGLAND
LETTER TO GENERAL J HOOKER
LETTER TO HENRY WINTER DAVIS
LETTER TO GOVERNOR ANDREW JOHNSON
PROCLAMATION FOR A NATIONAL FASTDAY
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J HOOKER
TELEGRAM TO MRS LINCOLN
RESPONSE TO A SERENADE
LETTER TO GENERAL GRANT
DRAFT OF LETTER TO GENERAL G G MEADE
LETTER TO GENERAL O O HOWARD
FROM A LETTER TO GOVERNOR HORATIO SEYMOUR
LETTER TO MRS LINCOLN
OPINION OF THE DRAFT
LETTER TO JAMES H HACKETT
LETTER TO JAMES C CONKLING
TELEGRAM TO MRS HANNAH ARMSTRONG
LETTER TO GENERAL H W HALLECK
PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING
LETTER TO JAMES H HACKETT
NOTE TO SECRETARY E M STANTON
ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY
LETTER TO EDWARD EVERETT
PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY AND RECONSTRUCTION
FROM THE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
LETTER TO GENERAL DANIEL E SICKLES
LETTER TO SECRETARY STANTON
LETTER TO GOVERNOR MICHAEL HAHN
REMARKS AT A SANITARY FAIR IN WASHINGTON
FROM A REPLY TO A COMMITTEE FROM THE NEW YORK WORKINGMENS ASSOCIATION
LETTER TO A G HODGES
ADDRESS AT SANITARY FAIR IN BALTIMORE
TELEGRAM TO MRS LINCOLN
LETTER TO GENERAL U S GRANT
REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE NOTIFYING PRESIDENT LINCOLN OF HIS RENOMINATION
REPLY TO A DELEGATION FROM THE NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE
FROM A SPEECH AT A SANITARY FAIR IN PHILADELPHIA
LETTER TO SECRETARY CHASE
PROCLAMATION CONCERNING RECONSTRUCTION
LETTER TO HORACE GREELEY
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U S GRANT
MEMORANDUM TO HIS CABINET
STATEMENT WRITTEN OUT FOR WARD HILL LAMON
PARDON FOR ROSWELL McINTYRE
RESPONSES TO SERENADES ON THE OCCASION OF HIS REELECTION
LETTER TO MRS BIXBY OF BOSTON MASS
FROM THE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
LETTER TO GENERAL W T SHERMAN
LETTER TO GENERAL U S GRANT
INSTRUCTIONS TO SECRETARY SEWARD FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE
DRAFT OF MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
LETTER TO THURLOW WEED
TELEGRAM TO SECRETARY STANTON
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL U S GRANT
LINCOLNS LAST WRITING
COMMENTARY
READING GROUP GUIDE
THE MODERN LIBRARY EDITORIAL BOARD
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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes. He is best known for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), which declared slaves free, and for preserving the Union during the Civil War. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington.

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