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Autobiography

Autobiography

A Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings
Biography & MemoirEssays
Pages
288
Published
1922
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection gathers the essential speeches, letters, and writings of Abraham Lincoln from 1832 to 1858. It includes his famous exchanges during the Lincoln-Douglas debates, offering a direct look at the political and social landscape of antebellum America. Explore the evolution of Lincoln's thought and rhetoric during a critical period in U.S. history.

Prose complexity
7/10

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Thought-ProvokingInformativeReflectiveIntellectual

Genres

Biography & Memoir Essays History Politics & Society Biography

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. - [Wikipedia][1] The Library of Congress has shared [lots of photographs of Abraham Lincoln][2] in the Flickr Commons. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln [2]: http://www.flickr.c...