{"product_id":"his-greatest-speeches-9781250763457","title":"His Greatest Speeches","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expert analysis of Abraham Lincoln''s three most powerful speeches reveals his rhetorical genius and his thoughts on our national character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Lincoln, our greatest president, believed that our national character was defined by three key moments: the writing of the Constitution, our declaration of independence from England, and the beginning of slavery on the North American continent. His thoughts on these landmarks can be traced through three speeches: the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural. The latter two are well-known, enshrined forever on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial. The former is much less familiar to most, written a quarter century before his presidency, when he was a 28 year-old Illinois state legislator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHis Greatest Speeches\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor Diana Schaub offers a brilliant line-by-line analysis of these timeless works, placing them in historical context and explaining the brilliance behind their rhetoric\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528955765079,"sku":"9781250763457","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250763457.jpg?v=1731873705","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/his-greatest-speeches-9781250763457","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}