Garry Wills

Lincoln at Gettysburg

Analysis of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and its historical importance

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Garry Wills
Garry Wills

American historian and journalist whose Lincoln at Gettysburg won the Pulitzer Prize by arguing that Lincoln's speech transformed the meaning of the Civil War and rewrote the American founding. He has written major works on American politics, religion, and literature with learned, accessible prose.

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