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The Gettysburg Gospel : The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
by Boritt, Gabor, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743288203
- ISBN 13
- 9780743288200
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5th Printing Hardcover in very good condition. Gray boards with black spine cloth containing silver spine lettering. Beige end papers show sepia-toned signature of Lincoln. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Contains a section of glossy black & white photographs / illustrations and several other illustrations/photographs in text. Dust jacket very good. Not price clipped. Concludes with four Appendixes: (A) The Program at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19, 1863, (B) A Beautiful Hand: Facsimiles of the Five Versions of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's Hand, (C) Parsing Lincoln, and (D) Dollar Signs (A Brief Look at the Monetary Afterlives of the Five Versions of the Gettysburg Address.) These are followed by an extension section of notes to the chapters, Bibliographical information, Acknowledgments, and a comprehensive Index. 415 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000704
- Title
- The Gettysburg Gospel : The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
- Author
- Boritt, Gabor, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0743288203
- ISBN 13
- 9780743288200
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Abraham Lincoln - 1809-0865, Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; History of the Civil War;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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