by Garry Wills · Simon & Schuster Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780671867423
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«Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America» is Garry Wills's historical essay on the Gettysburg Address, published by Simon & Schuster in paperback (320 pages, in English).
The book examines the Gettysburg Address and Abraham Lincoln within their historical and cultural context. Wills explains how, in just 272 words, Lincoln transformed the nation's understanding of war and equality, completing with his words the work of the cannons and effecting an intellectual and stylistic revolution that still endures.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. Originally published in 1992; this paperback edition is from 1993.
Aimed at readers interested in US history, the Civil War, and political oratory.
Garry Wills is an American historian, author, and political philosopher. He has written on American history, politics, and religion, particularly the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1993 for his book, Lincoln at Gettysburg.
