Abraham Lincolns Dueling Words

Author : Donna Janell Bowman
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 168263423X
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln's Dueling Words written by Donna Janell Bowman and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln was known for his sense of humor. But early in his adult life, it got him into trouble. He had to use his imagination to save his career—and maybe even his life. When Abraham Lincoln became frustrated with the actions of James Shield, a political rival, he came up with a plan. It was silly. It was clever. And it was a great big mistake! Lincoln wrote a series of fictional letters to the editor, complaining about Shields. But when Shields took offense, he challenged Lincoln to a duel. How did our future president straighten things out and save the lives and careers of both himself and his rival? Donna Bowman's humorous voice and S. D. Schindler's expressive illustrations are the perfect match for this story of Abraham Lincoln's humor and wit. Back matter includes an author's note and bibliography.

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Words of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas L. Wilson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307487539
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Sword written by Douglas L. Wilson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely considered in his own time as a genial but provincial lightweight who was out of place in the presidency, Abraham Lincoln astonished his allies and confounded his adversaries by producing a series of speeches and public letters so provocative that they helped revolutionize public opinion on such critical issues as civil liberties, the use of black soldiers, and the emancipation of slaves. This is a brilliant and unprecedented examination of how Lincoln used the power of words to not only build his political career but to keep the country united during the Civil War.

Author : Don Fehrenbacher
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804764889
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln written by Don Fehrenbacher and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. About his mother, for instance, he never wrote anything beyond supplying a few routine facts, but he can be quoted as stating orally that she was the illegitimate daughter of a Virginia aristocrat. Similarly, there is no mention of Ann Rutledge in any of his writings, but he can be quoted as saying when he was president-elect, “I did honestly and truly love the girl and think often, often of her now.” Did Lincoln make a conditional offer to evacuate Fort Sumter in April 1861? Did he personally make the decision to restore General McClellan to army command in September 1862? To whom did he first reveal his intention to issue an emancipation proclamation? Did he label the Gettysburg address a failure right after delivering it? Did he, just a few days before his assassination, dream of a president lying dead in the White House? All of these questions, and many others, arise from recollective quotations of Lincoln, and the answer in each instance depends upon how one appraises the reliability of such recollection.

Author : Roy Edgar Appleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by Roy Edgar Appleman and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Milton Meltzer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152064365
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln in His Own Words written by Milton Meltzer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered by many as our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln is also considered one of America's greatest writers and rhetoricians. His speeches and numerous writings are testament to his powers of communication, and they convey the highest ideals of freedom, democracy, and equality in simple yet eloquent language.Historian Milton Meltzer has compiled a moving collection of our sixteenth president's speeches, letters, and writings. Dramatically illustrated with Stephen Alcorn's powerful and expressive linocuts, this volume reveals the man behind the words and his unfailing dedication to the ideals upon which America was founded.

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Words of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126453
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln at Gettysburg written by Garry Wills and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training, and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1557048622
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Words of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the “Four score and seven years ago” that every American schoolchild knows to personal notes and dozens of memorable letters, debates, and speeches from a critical time in this nation’s history, here is a remarkable collection of Lincoln’s writings. Through them, we can follow the sixteenth president’s development from country lawyer to healer of a wounded nation. Arranged thematically, The Words of Abraham Lincoln brings together his early writings, his notes on courtship, marriage, and the family, his thoughts on slavery, including the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation, and his letters to his generals during the Civil War, among other subjects. This book includes eight historical photographs and a chronology. Two hundred years after his birth, Lincoln’s writing endures. Witty and wise, Lincoln speaks today as powerfully as he did when he was president.

Author : Harry J. Maihafer
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612344356
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War of Words written by Harry J. Maihafer and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shrewd politician, Abraham Lincoln recognized the power of the press. He knew that, at most, a few thousand people might hear one of his speeches in person, but countless readers across the nation would absorb his message through newspapers. While he was always under fire by some hostile portion of the openly partisan nineteenth-century media, through the careful cultivation of relationships Lincoln successfully wooed numerous prominent newspapermen into aiding his agenda. Whether he was editing his own speech in a newspaper office or inviting reporters to the White House to leak a story, the President skillfully steered the Union through the perils of war by playing his own version of the public relations game.