Lincoln At Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (Garry Wills - LP) Picture brass stamp

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Release date: November 8

the battle of Spotsylvania Court House actually stretched from May 8–21

This is the only known historical biography to be recognized by both a predominately white historical society and a predominately black historical society

Hall of Fame pitcher and a classic automobile inventor

Lincoln At Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (Garry Wills - LP) Picture brass stampThe 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