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Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Historian Ronald White examines Lincoln's astonishing oratory and explores his growth as a leader, a communicator, and a man of deepening spiritual conviction. Examining a different speech, address, or public letter in each chapter, White tracks the evolution of Lincoln's rhetoric from the measured, lawyerly tones of the First Inaugural to the haunting, immortal poetry of the Gettysburg Address. As a speaker who appealed not to intellect alone, but...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union soldiers not only served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, but were also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields. Their dispatches told the truth of their lives at camp, their intense training, and the dangers and tragedies on the...
392) Danny Collins
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Aging rocker Danny Collins can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Ten one-hour documentaries directed by 10 award-winning independent filmmakers-highlighting 10 individual days that each triggered change in America. Through compelling storytelling and creative visuals, they provide a portrati of a nation attempting to address some of the tensions and contradictions at the heart of the American democratic experience.