The Gettysburg Gospel, The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
by Gabor Boritt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743288203
- ISBN 13
- 9780743288200
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Quote from back cover: "An elegant and absorbing book...the first to place Lincoln's familiar words in the fully realized context of the town of Gettysburg and of the battlefield itself. This is, I think, a definitive book." - David Herbert Donald, author of Lincoln
A Lincoln scholar reconstructs what really happened on November 19, 1863, when President Lincoln gave his famous speech dedicating a new national cemetery.
Some black & white photographs and illustrations scattered throughout the book.
Stated, Book Club Edition
Book - Very Good condition. There is a tiny spot on one end paper, other than that, this book could pass as new. No edge/corner wear. Text is clean. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. The front cover has a couple bumped spots about 2 inches from the spine, and about 1 inch from the top. Very, very minimal edge/corner wear.
Please use photos as part of the description.
415 pages including Appendix, Notes, Bibliographic Note, Acknowledgements, and Index.
A Lincoln scholar reconstructs what really happened on November 19, 1863, when President Lincoln gave his famous speech dedicating a new national cemetery.
Some black & white photographs and illustrations scattered throughout the book.
Stated, Book Club Edition
Book - Very Good condition. There is a tiny spot on one end paper, other than that, this book could pass as new. No edge/corner wear. Text is clean. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. The front cover has a couple bumped spots about 2 inches from the spine, and about 1 inch from the top. Very, very minimal edge/corner wear.
Please use photos as part of the description.
415 pages including Appendix, Notes, Bibliographic Note, Acknowledgements, and Index.
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Details
- Seller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1564
- Title
- The Gettysburg Gospel, The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
- Author
- Gabor Boritt
- Format/Binding
- Paper over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743288203
- ISBN 13
- 9780743288200
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- November 7, 2006
- Pages
- 415
- Keywords
- Civil War, American, history, Gettysburg, Lincoln, speech, cemetery, illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; History - American;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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Independence, Missouri
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