This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors). "Mr. Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America, talked about the Gettysburg address, which President Lincoln delivered on November 19, 1863. .The Library of Congress displayed one of its two original manuscripts for the first time in 23 years. Only five versions are known to exist." ] on Open Library at the Internet Archive.↑ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists" (web).
↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web).Constitution Lincoln considered the Declaration of Independence the first founding document and therefore, looked to its emphasis on equality (changing Locke's phrase "Life, Liberty, and Property" to " Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness") in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Wills also argues that Lincoln's speech draws from his interpretation of the U.S. Other articles where Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America is discussed: Garry Wills: Circle Award for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (1992), a study of the enduring power and influence of Abraham Lincoln’s prose. In particular, Wills compares Lincoln's speech to Edward Everett's delivered on the same day, focusing on the influences of the Greek revival in the United States and 19th century transcendentalist thought. The book uses Lincoln's notably short speech at Gettysburg to examine his rhetoric overall. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America written by Garry Wills and published by Simon & Schuster in 1992, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Cover of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America featured is Abraham Lincoln
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