The Early Printings of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and What They Reveal about His Spoken Words

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Year of Publication
2008
Contributors Author: John Carbonell
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Number of Pages
51 pp.
Publisher
Oak Knoll Press
City
New Castle, DE
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ISBN
9781584562566
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Contents: An annotated checklist of early printings The spoken words The Bliss text Joseph Gilbert and the Associated Press The origin of the text in the official report Charles Hale The word "poor" The Chicago tribune and the Western Associated Press The Philadelphia inquirer The Washington daily morning chronicle The City of Boston text Ad libbing The early printings versus the Lincoln manuscripts Evaluation of the printings