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Also by Harold Holzer:

Emancipating Lincoln, March 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
In Lincoln's Hand, February 2009
Hardcover
Lincoln President-Elect, November 2008
Hardcover
Lincoln At Cooper Union, November 2006
Paperback
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text, March 2004
Paperback

THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES: THE FIRST COMPLETE, UNEXPURGATED TEXT
By: Harold Holzer

Fordham University Press
March 2004
On Sale: March 15, 2004
394 pages
ISBN: 0823223426
EAN: 9780823223428
Paperback
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The seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held during the Illinois senatorial race of 1858 are among the most important statements in American political history, dramatic struggles over the issues that would tear apart the nation in the Civil War: the virtues of a republic and the evils of slavery. In this acclaimed book, Holzer brings us as close as possible to what Lincoln and Douglas actually said, Using transcripts of Lincoln's speeches as recorded by the pro-Douglas newspaper, and vice-versa, he offers the most reliable, unedited record available of the debates. Also included are background on the sites, crowd comments, and a new introduction."A vivid, boisterous picture of politics during our most divisive period…This fresh, fascinating examination…. deserves a place in all American history collection."-Library Journal