Lincoln: Selected Speeches, Messages, and Letters

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xxi, 290 pp. "Lincoln is the most written-about figure in American history. The documents in this book have been selected from 'The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln' (8 volumes a nd index), edited by Roy P. Baesler. In presenting Lincoln's writings, the editor "followed the text of 'The Collected Works'--with a few minor exceptions. In this Rinehart Edition, the selections reproduced are intended to show Lincoln's views on current questions of his day and on basic poliprinciples." CONTENTS: Early Years; The Slavery Controversy; President-Elect; The Civil War, 1861-1862; The Civil War, 1864-1865. Show more