Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (Paperback)

from bezoar44

This was a smartly-paced, narrative history of Lincoln's February 27, 1860 speech at the Cooper Union in New York, which - along with the following two weeks of repeating much of the speech all over New England - turned him from a western regional candidate into a national candidate for the Presi...

from msaucier818

A surprisingly great read about the narrow topic of Abraham Lincoln's speech at Cooper Union in 1860. The book is very well written, and does a great job of telling the story of Lincoln, the country, and the politics of the time period. The book gives the reader great details about life at the ti...

from wildbill

First let me say that the author does justify writing another book about Abraham Lincoln. Plus, he makes a good argument that this speech helped to make Lincoln president. More important he provides good evidence that without this speech and everything that grew out of it Lincoln would not even h...

from bezoar44

This was a smartly-paced, narrative history of Lincoln's February 27, 1860 speech at the Cooper Union in New York, which - along with the following two weeks of repeating much of the speech all over New England - turned him from a western regional candidate into a national candidate for the Presi...

from msaucier818

A surprisingly great read about the narrow topic of Abraham Lincoln's speech at Cooper Union in 1860. The book is very well written, and does a great job of telling the story of Lincoln, the country, and the politics of the time period. The book gives the reader great details about life at the ti...