Just finished "GETTYSBURG ADDRESS" by ABRAHAM LINCOLN. This was from the book "THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND OTHER KEY AMERICAN WRITINGS" and the Audible book narrated by DEAVER BROWN. This book also included "ACT ESTABLISHING YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (1872)". We have visited Gettysburg before where 51,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Definitely awe-inspiring.

mediocre content. everythin lincoln did gets minus one star because he was too nice to the confederates.

In large lettering, this book reprints Lincoln's most famous speech, overlaying the text upon actual photographs of Civil War battlefields, paintings of the Founding Fathers, maps, period drawings of battles, and period newspaper clippings. The original speech, in Lincoln's own writing, is reprinted at the end of the book.

Some will complain you can find the Gettysburg Address all over the Internet for free. But there's little doubt most kids (and adults) learn better when they have visual images to go along with text. Perhaps such resources are available online, but I'd always rather have a book. This volume, with it's mostly large type and full page period illustrations, is a good way to learn about one of the most important speeches ever made in the United States. Some of the illustrations are quite moving - authentic photos of the dead on the battlefield, for example, and men in uniform going about the daily business of the Civil War.

The speech is still relevant today, too, as Lincoln reminds us our country was founded upon God and liberty, and that Americans, above all people, should strive to protect the union and each other or risk having "this government of the people, by the people, for the people...perish[ing:] from the earth."

The only down side to this book is that it's entirely black and white. True enough, most of the original sources for illustrations are black and white, but some are in color (a painting of the founders, and a flag background, for example). Although it's nice to have an exact reprint of this 1960s book, some added color would have been an excellent addition.

Interesting, I didn't realize there were 5 different versions of the Gettysburg Address.
I was left with wanting to know if anyone has even tried to search for the Wills copy?
Has anyone written a book on how the Gettysburg Address had an impact on America, lets say 100 years after it was heard?
Also, how was life for the Civil War photographers, Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner after the war?

The illustrations in this picture book resemble murals in their rich colors and detailed human features. Accompanying phrases from the Gettsyburg Address, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, each of the images fill two pages in eye-popping fashion. Readers will certain notice the detail of the illustrations, but they will also be intrigued that those same images offer an illustrated timeline of the nation's sometimes turbulent history. The book contains the entire speech Lincoln gave as well as notes explaining each illustration. Because the book was first published in 1947, right after WWII, the speech and the scenes depicted in the book's pages are given added poignancy.

Winning the war of words.

This is a very short but poignant book. Everyone has heard the Gettysburg Address. I did not realize there were different versions. The one we most likely know well is the Bliss version or the 5 th version. Look at that speech, line by line....it was powerful then and it is powerful today.

Corto, conciso e insatisfactorio discurso. Uno hubiera esperado una mejor arenga de uno de los grandes próceres yanquis. Algunos han alabado su brevedad. Tampoco uno debe admirar las declamaciones extensas, sin embargo Lincoln pecó del vicio contrario.

El discurso es célebre por la trillada fórmula: "del pueblo, para el pueblo y por el pueblo", que se usa para extender la democracia por todo el orbe. Es una curiosidad bibliográfica e histórica. Solamente esto.

And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Gettysburg Address was narrated after the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. It was to honour the soldiers who died and sacrificed their lives, from both the Union and the Confederates.

A great speech of a great man, by a great man, for the world.

Probably the greatest political speech over made at exactly the moment it needed to be made.

The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history. It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederates at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.