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It remains without question the most remarkable and memorized conversation in American background. On November 19, 1863, in 272 words shipped among the list of freshly dug graves of Union dead upon the country's bloodiest battlefield, Abraham Lincoln redefined American liberty and forever altered the span of the nation. This volume is designed to place the Gettysburg Address in its full context, examining both its influences and influences, and nearing it from a number of modern perspectives. Never before in a single anthology has Lincoln's immortal address been seen through such far-reaching lens as emancipation, women's rights, immigrant rights, LGBT rights, and even more. The scholarship included in this audiobook is new and interesting, with each of its 15 essays providing further yoga on major designs in the progression of liberty and equality in the us. Edited by filmmaker Sean Conant and with efforts from some of the country's leading scholars including Sean Wilentz, Craig L. Symonds, and Harold Holzer, this level explores how in the century and a half since it was delivered, the Gettysburg Address has proven a seemingly inexhaustible way to obtain somber reflection and soaring hope, and just why its language is constantly on the resonate with more and more people seeking meaning for his or her own struggles and sacrifices. The full list of narrators includes: Dermot Mulroney, Neal McDonough, Jennifer Can Dyck, Tavia Gilbert, David Pittu, Robin Mls, Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Peter Ganim, Graeme Malcolm, Ellen Archer, Zach Gordon, and Stephen Lang.