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Title: Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions) by Abraham Lincoln ISBN: 0486268721 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $1.50

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5

Rating: 5
Summary: An Amazing Book - And A Great Bargain
Comment: I am hesitant to say much of anything about a historic figure as iconic as Abraham Lincoln, simply because I feel that there is very little to say that hasn't been said, and said better, already. Two brief points, then:

1) In addition to being one of our greatest presidents, Lincoln was also one of our greatest WRITERS. Certainly as a rhetorician he has had few peers - Dr. King is the only American who springs to mind.

2) If you're think about buying this, JUST DO IT. Jeez - it's only a buck fifty. What have you got to lose?

PS Here's a great big "THANK YOU" to Dover Publications for making this and other fine books available at such an economical price. I don't know how you guys do it, but please, DON'T STOP!

Rating: 4
Summary: A Survey of Lincoln's Best
Comment: This book presents the full-length versions of some of Lincoln's best oratory feats. Great Speeches contains fifteen of Lincoln's best along with his famous letter to Mrs. Bixby, who lost all five of her sons during the war. Here is an excerpt as only Lincoln could create:
"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."

What you get from the book is a fabulous primary source from which to quote our sixteenth president. What you do not get is a lot of analysis on his underlying motivations. Although a short essay at the beginning of each discourse helps place Lincoln's words in historical context, you will not find a wealth of scholarly insight into why Lincoln gave each particular speech and what the implications were to the nation. Nevertheless, Great Speeches helps the reader understand this incredible man in a manner unbiased by the opinions of others.

Highly recommended for anyone wishing to learn more about President Lincoln and some of the issues he faced during a time of incredible national upheaval.

Rating: 5
Summary: Want to understand Lincoln; then read this book!
Comment: First, I would have to say that this book, i.e., Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions) [UNABRIDGED] by Abraham Lincoln is by no means an easy read and would have suited better as an audiocassette or a CD. However, as one starts to read his great speeches, e.g., His "Farwell to Springfield" speech, Gettysburg address and annual messages to Congress (or the moving letter to Mrs. Bixby regarding the deaths of all her five sons); then one starts to understand the true genius that this former President was blessed with. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in either history or public speaking: since it is a great aid for both.

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