Lincolns Greatest Speech, Ronald C. White Jr.
Lincolns Greatest Speech, Ronald C. White Jr.
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Lincoln's Greatest Speech
The Second Inaugural

Author: Ronald C. White Jr.

Narrator: Raymond Todd

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/11/2008


Synopsis

After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his second inauguration, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it yearned for; nor did he blame the South solely for the sin of slavery. Calling the whole nation to account, Lincoln offered a moral framework for peace and reconciliation. Eventually this “with malice toward none” address would be accepted and revered as one of the greatest in the nation’s history.White’s compelling description of Lincoln’s articulation of our nation’s struggle and the suffering of all—North, South, soldier, slave—offers new insight into Lincoln’s own hard-won victory over doubt and his promise of authority and passion. Delivered only weeks before his assassination, the speech was the culmination of Lincoln’s moral and rhetorical genius.

About Ronald C. White Jr.

Ronald C. White is the New York Times bestselling author of American Ulysses and three books on Abraham Lincoln, most recently A. Lincoln. White earned his PhD at Princeton and has taught at UCLA, Colorado College, Whitworth University, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He has lectured at the White House, been interviewed on PBS NewsHour, and spoken about Lincoln in England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand. He is a reader at the Huntington Library and a senior fellow of the Trinity Forum in Washington, D.C. He lives with his wife, Cynthia, in Pasadena, California.

About Raymond Todd

Raymond Todd is an actor and director in the theater as well as a poet and documentary filmmaker. He plays jazz trombone for the Leatherstocking quartet, an ensemble that gets its name from one of his favorite Blackstone narrations, The Deerslayer. Todd lives in New York.


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“This excellent book is carefully and clearly read by Raymond Todd…Todd is respectful in his narration, using an appropriate tone throughout…[H]is interpretation carries the reader along for a fascinating story about a very important and very short speech.” AudioFile

“Well researched, wonderfully written, and at times extraordinarily moving, White’s small volume comes closer to finding the true spirit of Abraham Lincoln than many of the more celebrated biographies.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)