Abraham Lincoln
Author
Series
Library of America volume 45
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
xix, 898 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 46
Publisher
Distributed by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 787 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the aftermath of a narrow, bloody Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history.
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (ca. 6 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While the conflict over slavery was a factor in the Civil War, the abolition of slavery did not become a stated objective until Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect on January 1, 1863. Now, to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the Proclamation, here is a new, unabridged audio recording of that historic document, freeing the slaves held in the still Confederate controlled states. Heralded as one of America's most...
Author
Publisher
Rand, McNally & Co
Pub. Date
[©1936]
Physical Desc
64 pages illustrations (including portraits, facsimiles) 17 cm
Language
English
Description
This American Patriot Series book contains the U.S. Constitution; the Declaration of Independence; Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Dates on which the original thirteen states ratified the Constitution; and dates on which states were admitted to the union, up until Arizona on February 14, 1912. At the time of publication, only 35 states were in the United States.