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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (Reprint Edition) by Garry Wills (. Abraham Lincoln ). Paperback, 317 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-671-86742-3 / 0671867423 ISBN-13: 978-0-671-86742-3 / 9780671867423 The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training, and his |