Widmer, Edward L.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005

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Widmer, Edward L.

Summary: As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration--an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent by any means necessary. Drawing on new research, this account reveals the President-Elect as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, foiling an assassination attempt, and forging an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM WID

John F Kennedy Library Foundation (COR)/ Widmer, Ted (CON)/ Kennedy, Caroline (FRW)

Summary: Offers annotated transcripts of recordings from the secretly-installed recording systems in the oval office and cabinet room of the White House during the John F. Kennedy presidency, covering several of the most important events of the day.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 LIS

Summary: "Between 2011 and 2015, the Opinion section of The New York Times published Disunion, a series marking the long string of anniversaries around the Civil War, the most destructive, and most defining, conflict in American history. The works were startling in their range and direction, some taking on major topics, like the Gettysburg Address and the Battle of Fredericksburg, while others tackled...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 NEW

Summary: Public oratory has profoundly shaped American history and culture-- not only our politics but our language and our sense of national identity. Here is the complete text of forty-seven of the greatest speeches in American history.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America Paperback Classics 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 AME