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The Lincoln Reader
ISBN: 9780306803987 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Lincoln Reader is a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by sixty-five authors. Paul Angle, the noted Lincoln scholar, selected passages from the works on contemporaries, later biographers, and even Lincoln himself, to form a composite portrait of one of the wisest and most beloved American presidents. These passages, interwoven by Angle's running commentary, blend into a single vivid narrative of Lincoln's life, from his boyhood in Indiana to his assassination and funeral. First published in 1947, The Lincoln Reader has long been considered the most definitive, complete,...
The Lincoln Reader is a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by sixty-five authors. Paul Angle, the noted Lincoln scholar, selected passages fr...
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Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness
ISBN: 9780252062339 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Williamson County in southern Illinois has been the scene of almost unparalleled violence, from the Bloody Vendetta between two families in the 1870s through the Herrin Massacre of 1922, Ku Klux Klan activities that ended in fatalities, and the gang war of the 1920s between the Charlie Birger and Shelton brothers gangs. Paul Angle was fascinated by this more-than-fifty-year history, and his account of violence has become a classic.
Williamson County in southern Illinois has been the scene of almost unparalleled violence, from the Bloody Vendetta between two families in the 1870s ...
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The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
ISBN: 9780226020846 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture's model of what public political debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of the debates and eyewitness interpretations of them (previously published under the title Created Equal?) includes a new Foreword by David Zarefsky.
Zarefsky analyzes the rhetoric of the speeches, showing how Lincoln and Douglas chose their arguments and initiated a debate that shook the nation. Their eloquent, statesmanlike discussion of the morality of slavery illustrates the masterful use of rhetorical strategies and tactics in the... The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture's model of what public political debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of th...
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165,69 zł |