Description: Lincoln's Greatest Speech : The Second Inaugural, Paperback by White, Ronald C., Jr., ISBN 0743299620, ISBN-13 9780743299626, Brand New, Free shipping in the US As the day for Lincoln's second inauguration drew near, Americans wondered what their sixteenth president would say about the Civil War. Would Lincoln guide the nation toward &;Reconstruction&;? What about the slaves? They had been emancipated, but what about the matter of suffrage? When Lincoln finally stood before his fellow countrymen on March 4, 1865, and had only 703 words to share, the American public was stunned. The President had not offered the North a victory speech, nor did he excoriate the South for the sin of slavery. Instead, he called the whole country guilty of the sin and pleaded for reconciliation and unity. In this compelling account, noted historian Ronald C. White Jr. shows how Lincoln's speech was initially greeted with confusion and hostility by many in the Union; commended by the legions of African Americans in attendance, abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass among them; and ultimately appropriated by his assassin John Wilkes Booth forty-one days later. Filled with all the facts and factors surrounding the Second Inaugural, Lincoln's Greatest Speech is both an important historical document and a thoughtful analysis of Lincoln's moral and rhetorical genius.
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Book Title: Lincoln's Greatest Speech : the Second Inaugural
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Speeches, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Presidents & Heads of State, United States / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
Item Weight: 10.7 Oz
Author: Ronald C. White Jr.
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
