The Life and Writings of Abraham LincolnRandom 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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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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