The Gettysburg Address and Other Writings

xxii, 89 pp. Gilt title and decorations, page ridges gilt. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln eulogized the Confederate and Union dead who had lost their lives at the Battle of Gettysburg only four months earlier. The Gettysburg Address, as it has come to be known, is a masterpiece of eloquence on the principles of liberty and freedom that define the democratic ideals by which America is recognized. The Gettysburg Address and Other Writings collects a dozen speeches, addresses, and documents written by Abraham Lincoln. It includes the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's famous "A House-Divided" Speech, and the full texts of his first and second inaugural addresses. In addition, this volume features an autobiographical Introduction, and a Chronology of Abraham Lincoln's life. The Gettysburg Address and Other Writings is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an elegantly designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging.