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The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words

by Ronald C. White

, Jr. Random. 2005. 448p. photos. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781400061198. $26.95; pap. ISBN 9780812970463. $17; ebk. ISBN 9780307796851.

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White eloquently recounts how Lincoln's evolving spiritual sensibilities, confidence as a leader, and conviction as a writer informed his greatest speeches, as much sermons as public addresses. (LJ 12/04)

Reviewed by Randall M. Miller , Jan 01, 2015

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