"The Speeches of Abraham Lincoln" is an anthology of twenty memorable speeches and two famous letters from the life of Abraham Lincoln. The history of the country's most turbulent time is brought to us in the stirring words of our sixteenth president. An easy-to-use authoritative collection of President Lincoln's most memorable speeches, edited down to their essential elements, "The Speeches of Abraham Lincoln" includes: "A House Divided Against Itself," "The Cooper Institute Address," "The Emancipation Proclamation," "The Gettysburg Address," "A Day Of Thanksgiving," "The Second Inaugural Address," and "The Last Speech."