Gettysburg replies the world responds to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address
"The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library [Foundation] challenged presidents, judges, historians, filmmakers, poets, actors, and others to craft 272 words of their own to celebrate Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, or a related topic that stirs their passions ... [The book] features images of importa...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Lyons Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | "The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library [Foundation] challenged presidents, judges, historians, filmmakers, poets, actors, and others to craft 272 words of their own to celebrate Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, or a related topic that stirs their passions ... [The book] features images of important Lincoln documents and artifacts, including the first copy of the address that Lincoln wrote out after delivering it, the program from the cemetery dedication, Lincoln's presidential seal, and more. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781493009121 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1493009125 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: | Carla Knorowski is the CEO of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation and writes a regular column for the foundation's magazine, "Four Score and Seven." A former managing director of the Chicago Humanities Festival, she earned her PhD in public policy and political science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been recognized as a Point of Light by President George H. W. Bush and the Points of Light Foundation. |
