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The Resource Lincoln at Gettysburg : the words that remade America, Garry Wills

Lincoln at Gettysburg : the words that remade America, Garry Wills

Label
Lincoln at Gettysburg : the words that remade America
Title
Lincoln at Gettysburg
Title remainder
the words that remade America
Statement of responsibility
Garry Wills
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Describes how, in the space of 272 words, the President brought to bear the rhetoric of the Greek Revival, the categories of trancendentalism, and the imagery of the Rural Cemetary Movement
Member of
Awards note
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, 1993
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1934-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Wills, Garry
Dewey number
973.7/092
Index
no index present
LC call number
E475.55
LC item number
.W54 1999
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
G.K. Hall large print American history series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Oratory
Label
Lincoln at Gettysburg : the words that remade America, Garry Wills
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-428)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Oratory of the Greek Revival -- 2. Gettysburg and the Culture of Death -- 3. The Transcendental Declaration -- 4. Revolution in Thought -- 5. Revolution in Style -- App. I. What Lincoln Said: The Text -- App. II. Where He Said It: The Site -- App. III. Four Funeral Orations. A. By Everett. B. By Pericles. C. By Gorgias. D. The Gettysburg Address. 1. Spoken Text (?). 2. Final Text
Control code
ocm42652740
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
428 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780783888576
Lccn
99052704
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)42652740
Label
Lincoln at Gettysburg : the words that remade America, Garry Wills
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-428)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Oratory of the Greek Revival -- 2. Gettysburg and the Culture of Death -- 3. The Transcendental Declaration -- 4. Revolution in Thought -- 5. Revolution in Style -- App. I. What Lincoln Said: The Text -- App. II. Where He Said It: The Site -- App. III. Four Funeral Orations. A. By Everett. B. By Pericles. C. By Gorgias. D. The Gettysburg Address. 1. Spoken Text (?). 2. Final Text
Control code
ocm42652740
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
428 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780783888576
Lccn
99052704
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)42652740

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