Back in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation...
This anthology of Lincoln's speeches, writings and conversations is the first to bring together the 16th president's views on liberty, freedom, equality, and self-determination. It documents the development of this extraordinary leader and his ideas as he evolved from local office-seeker...