Writing the Gettysburg Address
By: Martin P. Johnson
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780700619337
Subjects: Political and social views
Description: "The first comprehensive history of the composition of one of the most famous and iconic speeches in American history, one that persuasively resolves previously unresolved issues relating the speech and enriches our understanding of how the speech reflected Lincoln's evolving ideas"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The mysteries of the manuscript; title: "It will be an interesting ceremony"; title: The Washington draft; title: A celebrated railway journey; title: Revisions in Gettysburg; title: The Gettysburg draft; title: The battlefield draft; title: "What they did here"; title: "My remarks at Gettysburg"; title: Conclusion: Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?