Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words

Authors

William D. Pederson

ISBN

9781400040396

Price

$26.95 hardcover

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Abstract

What Abraham Lincoln Wrote and Spoke

America's sixteenth president set the standard for presidential composition and it has not been surpassedùeven with the modern advent of the hired hand speechwriter or a speech writing team. Abraham Lincoln wrote the most famous speech in world history,....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.9.3.13

Recommended Citation

Pederson, William D. (2007) "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 9 : Iss. 3 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.9.3.13
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol9/iss3/13