{"product_id":"abraham-lincoln-selected-speeches-and-writings","title":"Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings - A Library of America Paperback Classic","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most essential writings of America’s heroic Civil War president, complete with detailed notes, a chronology of Lincoln’s life and political career, and an introduction by the novelist Gore Vidal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in this volume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer ever to occupy the White House and a documentary history of America in Abraham Lincoln's time. They record Lincoln's campaigns for public office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; his electrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the Civil War; and the great public utterances of his presidency, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from \u003ci\u003eAbraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832- 1858\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865\u003c\/i\u003e, volumes number 45 and 46 in the Library of America series. They are joined in the series by a companion volume, number 192s, \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on his Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51303252197664,"sku":"9781598530537","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781598530537.jpg?v=1772748692","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/abraham-lincoln-selected-speeches-and-writings","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}