Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President AUTH-377045 ISBN10: 1925644448

ISBN10: 1925644448

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ISBN13: 9781949144512

ISBN13: 9780310258070

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Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President AUTH-377045 ISBN10: 1925644448Winner of the Lincoln Prize Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre presidential address an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in February 1860, the Cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincoln's suitability for the presidency and reassured conservatives of his moderation while