Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words

by Abraham Lincoln

Book Overview

Noted historian and biographer Milton Meltzer brings Lincoln's words to life in this beautifully illustrated collection of our 16th president's speeches, letters, and writings. This book reveals... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760702314
• ISBN13: 9780760702314
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

From The Inside Flap:

This volume will acquaint readers with the best speeches and writings of Lincoln. This is a collection of his diverse public speeches and private writings so that what comes through for the reader is a sense of Lincoln's innate, and unshakable, beliefs in freedom, liberty, and equality. Some of the documents selected are famous - the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's secind inaugural, and the speech about the "house divided against itself," for example - while others are obscure. But all provide the reader with real insight into the essential Lincoln - something that no biography or book of history can do.

Lincoln's thoughts and beliefs

This is a book I first saw at our public library and liked it so much I decided I had to have my own copy. It gives the essence of Lincoln in a chronological and very readable form, with enough background information to let one know the reasons for giving the speech or writing the letter. This is a great book for junior high or high school students although written for adults. The woodcut illustrations are tremendous and add a great deal to the feeling of the book