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  • The Gettysburg Gospel

    The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows

    by Gabor Boritt ...
    Lincoln scholar Gabor Boritt dispels a century of myths and legends to reveal the true meaning of the Gettysburg Address as Abraham Lincoln intended it in this "magisterial work [and] instant classic" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).The words Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg comprise perhaps the most famous speech in history. Many books have been ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Jefferson Davis's Generals

    by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    Confederate General P.G.T.Beauregard once wrote that "no people ever warred for independence with more relative advantages than the Confederates." If there was any doubt as to what Beauregard sought to imply, he later to chose to spell it out: the failure of the Confederacy lay with the Confederate president Jefferson Davis. In Jefferson Davis' Generals, a team of the nation's most distinguished ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Lincoln Enigma

    The Changing Faces of an American Icon

    Edited by Gabor Boritt ...
    Nearly a century and a half after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains an intrinsic part of the American consciousness, yet his intentions as president and his personal character continue to stir debate. Now, in The Lincoln Enigma, Gabor Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars, and rising new voices, to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's life, including his possible gay relationships, ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Why the Civil War Came

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased. What events were instrumental in bringing it about? How did individuals and institutions function? What did ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Gettysburg Nobody Knows

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    On the first three days of July in 1863, more than 160,000 Union and Rebel soldiers fought a monumental battle in Gettysburg, a bloody contest that has been hailed as "the turning point of the Civil War." It is without a doubt the best known engagement of the war and may in fact be the best known battle in American military history. It is certainly the most studied battle Americans have ever ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Gettysburg Gospel

    The Lincoln Speech that Nobody Knows

    by Gabor Boritt ...
    Narrated by Michael Kramer ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 48 min

    The literature of the Gettysburg Address tends to fall into one of two extremes. At one end are those books that maintain that Lincoln wrote his speech hastily, even on a scrap of paper on the train en route from Washington to Gettysburg. In this version, Lincoln delivered his remarks to an uncomprehending public, which applauded politely, failing to appreciate his genius. Many of the books that ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Why the Confederacy Lost

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    After the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, "I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." This simple fact, writes James McPherson, has escaped a generation of historians ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Lincoln Enigma

    The Changing Faces of an American Icon

    Edited by Gabor Boritt ...
    Nearly a century and a half after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains an intrinsic part of the American consciousness, yet his intentions as president and his personal character continue to stir debate. Now, in The Lincoln Enigma, Gabor Boritt invites renowned Lincoln scholars, and rising new voices, to take a look at much-debated aspects of Lincoln's life, including his possible gay relationships, ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Why the Confederacy Lost

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    After the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, "I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." This simple fact, writes James McPherson, has escaped a generation of historians ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Lincoln's Generals

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    From the moment the battle ended, Gettysburg was hailed as one of the greatest triumphs of the Union army. Celebrations erupted across the North as a grateful people cheered the victory. But Gabor Boritt turns our attention away from the rejoicing millions to the dark mood of the White House--where Lincoln cried in frustration as General Meade let the largest Confederate army escape safely into ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Lincoln, the War President

    The Gettysburg Lectures

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    "Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg," writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments. In this book seven historians make that journey, five of them Pulitzer laureates, looking for Lincoln. Kenneth Stampp explores the issue of national self-determination, comparing the South's struggle for independence to others in history (including the post-Soviets in eastern ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Lincoln, the War President

    The Gettysburg Lectures

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    Series series Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
    "Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg," writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments. In this book seven historians make that journey, five of them Pulitzer laureates, looking for Lincoln. Kenneth Stampp explores the issue of national self-determination, comparing the South's struggle for independence to others in history (including the post-Soviets in eastern ... Read more

    $27.89 USD