This is now the standard for a history of Gettysburg.
With the Gettysburg 150th anniversary this year, this book makes a great read. I have read and enjoyed a number of the historical fiction accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg, but there is nothing like a well-written narrative account to truly give the reader the full experience of the event. Thi...
It took me FOREVER to get into this book. First, the narrator was so irritating and robotic that I kept falling asleep listening to the book. Second, I thought Abraham Lincoln: A Lifewas thorough. I think this author took writing lessons from Burlingame. There was details in this book that I was won...
4.5/5 StarsSimply a compilation of all of Lincoln's most important speeches put together in a small somewhat pocket sized book. I was looking for speeches I was not familiar with but didn't find any in the book. I think this would be a good starter for someone just starting to familiarize themselves...