History Today, November 1st, 1994
The views of Abraham Lincoln on the issues that brought the war are admirably elucidated in Waldo W. Branden's Abraham Lincoln, Public Speaker (Louisina State University Press, $8.95). Branden explores Lincoln's rhetorical technique in relation to the subject matter of his speeches. Peter J. Parish (ed.) Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Letters (Dent, Everyman Library, 5.99 [pounds]) presents the sixteenth president's thought and policy in a very accessible way. Parish provides succinct introductions and has edited the text with...
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