Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning PointStackpole Books, 2008 M06 13 - 400 páginas The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois. |
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... Lincoln was little known. Now a vast library records the words and actions of Lincoln's life. More has been written of the sixteenth presi- dent, perhaps, than any historical figure but Jesus of Nazareth. The nar- rative of this Lincoln ...
... Lincoln was little known. Now a vast library records the words and actions of Lincoln's life. More has been written of the sixteenth presi- dent, perhaps, than any historical figure but Jesus of Nazareth. The nar- rative of this Lincoln ...
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... of Lincoln himself, of his contempo- raries, and of six generations of scholars tell the tale. They speak very well ... of Lincoln at the turning point, but of his chief adversary, Stephen A. Douglas. Both were ambitious, both patriots ...
... of Lincoln himself, of his contempo- raries, and of six generations of scholars tell the tale. They speak very well ... of Lincoln at the turning point, but of his chief adversary, Stephen A. Douglas. Both were ambitious, both patriots ...
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... Lincoln's antislavery campaign was an exercise in leadership . To understand President Abraham Lincoln , one must understand the Peoria speech of October 16 , 1854. It forms the foundation of his politics and principles , in the 1850s ...
... Lincoln's antislavery campaign was an exercise in leadership . To understand President Abraham Lincoln , one must understand the Peoria speech of October 16 , 1854. It forms the foundation of his politics and principles , in the 1850s ...
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... Nebraska. • • • • • • Chapter I opens the book with a narrative of Lincoln's many visits to Peoria, Illinois, and the events of the summer and fall of 1854 during which Lincoln contested the Kansas-Nebraska Act. • Chapter II considers ...
... Nebraska. • • • • • • Chapter I opens the book with a narrative of Lincoln's many visits to Peoria, Illinois, and the events of the summer and fall of 1854 during which Lincoln contested the Kansas-Nebraska Act. • Chapter II considers ...
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... Lincoln story , both in Lincoln's early life and in his pres- idential years . " 12 Don E. and Virginia Fehrenbacher have done yeoman work in The Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln by classifying the reliability of various quotations ...
... Lincoln story , both in Lincoln's early life and in his pres- idential years . " 12 Don E. and Virginia Fehrenbacher have done yeoman work in The Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln by classifying the reliability of various quotations ...
Contenido
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THE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS 101 | 101 |
V THE ROAD FROM PEORIA 153 | 153 |
VI CHALLENGING DRED SCOTT THE SUPREME COURT AND DOUGLAS 189 | 189 |
VII PEORIA CHARACTERIZES THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY 217 | 217 |
VIII CODA 257 | 257 |
Full Text of Speech at Peoria Illinois 289 | 289 |
Acknowledgments 329 | 329 |
Milestones in the Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas 341 | 341 |
Notes 352 | 352 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 396 | 396 |
Back Cover | 413 |
IX THE PEORIA SPEECH AND THE HISTORIANS RECORD 269 | 269 |
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Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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