Mario C. Cuomo is the former Governor of New York. His most
recent book is Why Lincoln Matters: Now More Than Ever.
Harold Holzer is Roger Hertog Fellow at the New-York Historical
Society and one of the nation’s leading authorities on Lincoln and
the political culture of the Civil War era. He is chairman of the
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and has written,
co-written, or edited forty-seven books, most recently Lincoln and
the Power of the Press.
"More than anything else, Lincoln's power came from his pen. This superb selection reveals anew his poetic power... Reading again his campaign and presidential speeches, Gettysburg Address, and Inaugural Address, one can appreciate why Lincoln, more than any other American, speaks to the yearnings of people to be free... A gem of a collection, for all libraries." -Library Journal "Back in print after ten years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Lincoln on the theme of democracy." -Economics & Politics Books
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