The eloquent president

By Ronald C. White

Subjects: Biography, Presidents, Politics and government, Case studies, United states, politics and government, 19th century, Rhetorik, Oratory, Rhetoric, American letters, Speeches, addresses, etc., American, History and criticism, Political aspects of Rhetoric, Eloquence, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, Correspondence, Political aspects

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 also to the hearts and souls of citizens, Lincoln persuaded the nation to follow him during the darkest years of the Civil War. Through the speeches and what surrounded them, we see the full sweep and meaning of the Lincoln presidency. - Publisher.