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A day-by-day account of Lincoln's roundabout journey to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration, a journey plagued by rumors of a planned assassination attempt.
Author : Mary Kay Phelan
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 21,58 MB
Release : 1972
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ISBN : 9780690545623
A day-by-day account of Lincoln's roundabout journey to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration, a journey plagued by rumors of a planned assassination attempt.
Author : Ted Widmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1476739455
WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” —The Washington Post “A book for our time.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s greatest president discovering his own strength to save the Republic. As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration—an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent. Lincoln on the Verge charts these pivotal thirteen days of travel, as Lincoln discovers his power, speaks directly to the public, and sees his country up close. Drawing on new research, this riveting account reveals the president-elect as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, as he foils an assassination attempt, forges an unbreakable bond with the American people, and overcomes formidable obstacles in order to take his oath of office.
Author : Cam-Tech Publishing
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 9780925436672
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Historical reenactments
ISBN :
Primarily a blog of the journey, written by Dave Schafer, describing the journey, performances by Richard F. "Fritz" Klein as Lincoln, and interviews at various venues from Illinois to Washington D.C..
Author : Ronald C. White
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2006-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0743299620
In the tradition of Wills's "Lincoln at Gettysburg, Lincoln's Greatest Speech" combines impeccable scholarship and lively, engaging writing to reveal the full meaning of one of the greatest speeches in the nation's history.
Author : Victor Searcher
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Manuscripts, English
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Account of the 1861 train trip by Lincoln to Washington, D.C. leading up to the inauguration.
Author : Edward Achorn
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080214876X
This vividly rendered Civil War history presents “a lively guided tour of Washington during the 24 hours or so around Lincoln’s swearing-in” (Adam Goodheart, Washington Post). By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had left intractable wounds on the nation. Tens of thousands crowded Washington’s Capitol grounds that day to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term—and witness what was perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history. Lincoln stunned the nation by arguing that both sides had been wrong, and that the war’s unimaginable horrors might have been God’s just verdict on the national sin of slavery. In Every Drop of Blood, Edward Achorn reveals the nation’s capital on that momentous day—with its mud, sewage, and saloons, its prostitutes, spies, reporters, social-climbing spouses and power-hungry politicians. Swirling around the complex figure of Lincoln, a host of characters are brought to life, from grievously wounded Union colonel Selden Connor to the embarrassingly drunk new vice president, Andrew Johnson, to poet-journalist Walt Whitman; from soldiers’ advocate Clara Barton and African American leader Frederick Douglass to conflicted actor John Wilkes Booth. In indelible scenes, Achorn captures the frenzy and division in the nation’s capital at this crucial moment in America’s history. His story offers new understanding of our great national crisis, and echoes down the decades to resonate in our own time.
Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : Litres
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5040877803
Author : Jack E. Levin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 35,16 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1476784264
Jack E. Levin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of George Washington: The Crossing, presents a beautifully designed chronicle—complete with maps, portraits, and other Civil War illustrations—detailing President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Second Inaugural Address. As humble and faithful as the president who delivered it, Lincoln’s landmark Second Inaugural Address still resonates today. The speech was an attempt to unite a fractured people in a time when our nation was at its most divided, nearing the end of the Civil War. As you navigate this beautiful book, you’ll start to understand the significance and poetic power of this speech while you come closer to the man behind it. As an added bonus, Jack Levin’s son, #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Levin, has written an illuminating preface about the importance of Lincoln’s speech and its lasting impact on history. Filled with historic paintings and illustrations from the period, this book is a dramatic rendering of a momentous American occasion.
Author : Abraham Abraham Lincoln
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 2017-08-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781521983706
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on Monday, March 4, 1861, as part of his taking of the oath of office for his first term as the sixteenth President of the United States. The speech was primarily addressed to the people of the South, and was intended to succinctly state Lincoln's intended policies and desires toward that section, where seven states had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Written in a spirit of reconciliation toward the seceded states, Lincoln's inaugural address touched on several topics: first, his pledge to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government"--including Fort Sumter, which was still in Federal hands; second, his argument that the Union was undissolvable, and thus that secession was impossible; and third, a promise that while he would never be the first to attack, any use of arms against the United States would be regarded as rebellion, and met with force. The inauguration took place on the eve of the American Civil War, which began soon after with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. Lincoln was chosen to be the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election, which he won on November 6 with 180 electoral votes. Between this time and his inauguration on March 4, seven Deep South cotton states--South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas--would secede from the Union. Lincoln's predecessor, James Buchanan, had deplored secession as illegal, but had insisted that the Federal government could do nothing to stop it. The entire nation, together with several interested foreign powers, awaited the President-elect's words on what exactly his policy toward the new Confederacy would be. Lincoln's speech was an effort to answer this question, as well as an attempt to reach out to what he called his "dissatisfied fellow-countrymen" in an effort to avoid the coming conflict. He had held to a strict policy of silence during the months leading up to his inauguration, carefully avoiding making any statements that could be misconstrued by either North or South, prior to becoming the legal leader of the nation. Lincoln's intention was that no statement of his specific policy toward the South should be made available before he had taken office. Those privy to the speech's possible contents were sworn to silence, and Lincoln's draft was kept locked in the safe of the Illinois State Journal newspaper.