Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865

The Gettysburg address by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
259 editions published between 1863 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 2,847 libraries worldwide
Illustrates the power and force of Lincoln's speech.

Speeches and writings, 1859-1865 : speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, presidential messages and proclamations by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
20 editions published between 1974 and 2008 in English and Chinese and held by 2,250 libraries worldwide
Vol. 46.

Speeches and writings, 1832-1858 : speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, the Lincoln-Douglas debates by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
27 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 2,100 libraries worldwide
A collection of speeches, letters and miscellaneous writings by Lincoln, plus portions of the Lincoln-Doublas debates.

The collected works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
41 editions published between 1952 and 2008 in English and held by 1,977 libraries worldwide
Presents a 9-volume set of Lincoln's correspondence, speeches, and other writings in a searchable database. Roy P. Basler and his editorial staff, with the continued support of the association, spent five years transcribing and annotating Lincoln's papers.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
23 editions published between 1918 and 2010 in English and held by 1,826 libraries worldwide
"The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, seven legendary meetings between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their 1858 senatorial campaign in Illinois, made history, and changed its course as well. ... The debates were the culmination of a political rivalry that had its origin twenty-five years before, when Lincoln and Douglas were aspiring politicians in the Illinois legislature. The main theme was slavery and its expansion into the western territories. Douglas argued for the concept of popular sovereignty, with the people of each territory deciding the slavery question for themselves. But in Lincoln's view, this approach would nationalize and perpetuate slavery. Though Douglas won re-election to the Senate, Lincoln's gift for oratory and his anti-slavery stance in the debates made him a nationally known figure, and led to his election to the presidency in 1860"--Container.

Created equal? : the complete Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
18 editions published between 1958 and 1991 in English and held by 1,792 libraries worldwide
The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture's model of what public debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of the debates and eyewitness interpretations of them includes a new foreword by David Zarefsky.

Abraham Lincoln : mystic chords of memory by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
212 editions published between 1894 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,689 libraries worldwide
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, with humility and gentle grit, guided his country through the most heart-wrenching experience in its national history - the Civil War. It is no wonder that he is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American president, as the man's character is told in his own words: "All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."

The Lincoln mailbag America writes to the President, 1861-1865 ( Book )
9 editions published between 1998 and 2006 in English and held by 1,554 libraries worldwide

The Lincoln-Douglas debates : the first complete, unexpurgated text by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
7 editions published between 1993 and 2004 in English and held by 1,508 libraries worldwide
In the blistering summer of 1858, as America teetered on the brink of disunion, two Illinois politicians seized the nation's attention and gripped it for two extraordinary months. Through the sheer force of their words, personalities, and ideas, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas transformed a local contest for the U.S. Senate into a watershed national debate on the contentious issue of slavery and, indeed, on the principles upon which this country was founded. Yet what Lincoln and Douglas really said in those seminal debates has long been suppressed. At the time, newspapers were blatantly partisan, and though stenographers took down the speeches word for word, editors and transcribers subsequently "improved" their candidate's remarks while printing his opponent's words, warts and all. What has been reprinted ever since are the "improved," inaccurate versions. Harold Holzer has uncovered unedited texts of the debates, and this book will be the first ever to present all seven of them in their unexpurgated entirety. Besides the first true transcription of the debates, Holzer offers, through an Introduction and extensive notes, crystalline portraits of the combatants - their personalities and bearing, their quirks and foibles. Holzer also casts a brilliant light on the "house divided against itself," showing us an America at once exuberant and deeply uncertain about its future. He provides trenchant evocations of the physical and emotional stages on which the debates were set. We glimpse the feverishly enthusiastic audiences that mobbed the debates. We also witness the exceptional fervor with which the entire country followed them. Lincoln and Douglas galvanized a nation and permanently transformed our national consciousness with the speeches they gave during the summer and fall of 1858. To read the words these men actually spoke in their historic confrontation is an opportunity to witness the apex of American political discourse. Here - for the first time in more than 130 years - are those words. Here - at last - is that opportunity.

The life and writings of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
30 editions published between 1940 and 2000 in English and held by 1,491 libraries worldwide