Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books
Lincoln at Cooper Union : the speech that made Abraham Lincoln president
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Physical
- Summary
-
Examines the Cooper Union speech in the context of the 1860 presidential campaign and discusses how Lincoln used it as an opportunity to dispel doubts about his suitability for the presidency.
Related Electronic Resources
Details
Checking for availability...
- Creator
- Harold Holzer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
-
- New York : Simon & Schuster, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
-
- 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0743224663, 9780743224666
- OCLC
- ocm53398097
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-322) and index.
- "Abe Lincoln must come" -- "So much labor as this" -- "Some confusion in the arrangements" -- "Much the best portrait" -- "Nothing impressive about him" -- "The strength of absolute simplicity" -- "Such an impression" -- "Unable to escape this toil" -- "Preserve it for your children."
Subjects
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Cooper Institute speech.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Oratory.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861.
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- New York (State) -- New York.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.