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Lincoln at Gettysburg

Garry Wills

Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in its Civil War setting and see how its language reshaped arguments about equality, Union, and national memory.

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10 parts, about 20 minutes to read.

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Author
Garry Wills
Parts
10 parts
Reading time
about 20 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Prologue: Business in Gettysburg3 min
  2. 1. Oratory of the Greek Revival2 min
  3. 2. Gettysburg and the Culture of Death2 min
  4. 3. The Transcendental Declaration2 min
  5. 4. Revolution in Thought3 min
  6. 5. Revolution in Style2 min
  7. Epilogue: The Other Address2 min
  8. Appendix I: What Lincoln Said1 min
  9. Appendix II: Where He Said It1 min
  10. Appendix III: Four Funeral Orations2 min

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