The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text (Paperback)

from Benedict8

This is an audio book. It is very well read by the narrators, one of whom is Richard Dreyfus.This rendition is quite revealing historically. I believe Lincoln came out not quite the hero we thought, and that Stephen Douglas not quite the bad guy as our teachers portrayed him. The difficulty truly...

from ebnelson

A lot of time is spent hashing and re-hashing the issues of the day, and bickering over things that seem down-right trivial today. But the core of the debate is well worth the lulls. Both men make strong arguments. The logic of Douglas's arguments would find a lot of support today (and do in both...

from bherner

I really wanted to enjoy this book. This version is the complete unedited (or at least as close as possible) version of what both Lincoln and Douglas said. I expected the Gettysburg Address, instead, most of time was taken up attacking the opponent in a manner that modern-day politicians are all-...

from beau.p.laurence

The Lincoln-Douglas debates are classic and important American history, and guess what -- our society is STILL debaing many of these issues today.