In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation's history. The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln...
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1993, this is an account of the making of Lincoln's revolutionary masterpiece.
The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the battle: instead, he gave the whole nation a new birth of freedom in the space of a mere 272 words. By examining both the address and Lincoln...