Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861)
Auteur de The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Photo circa 1855-1861
(Brady-Handy Photograph Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-DIG-cwpbh-00881)
(Brady-Handy Photograph Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-DIG-cwpbh-00881)
Œuvres de Stephen A. Douglas
Oeuvres associées
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 132 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1813-04-23
- Date de décès
- 1861-06-03
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brandon, Vermont, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
Springfield, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Professions
- politician
U.S. Senator - Relations
- Douglas, Robert Dick (grandson)
- Organisations
- Democratic Party
U.S. Senate
Membres
Critiques
A lot of time is spent hashing and re-hashing the issues of the day, and bickering over things that seem down-right trivial today. But the core of the debate is well worth the lulls. Both men make strong arguments. The logic of Douglas’s arguments would find a lot of support today (and do in both the abortion and gay marriage debates). Because of that, Lincoln’s rejoinders are as important now as they were when he fought for abolitionism.
I really wanted to enjoy this book. This version is the complete unedited (or at least as close as possible) version of what both Lincoln and Douglas said. I expected the Gettysburg Address, instead, most of time was taken up attacking the opponent in a manner that modern-day politicians are all-too familiar with.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates are classic and important American history, and guess what -- our society is STILL debaing many of these issues today.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 344
- Popularité
- #69,365
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 34
This rendition is quite revealing historically. I believe Lincoln came out not quite the hero we thought, and that Stephen Douglas not quite the bad guy as our teachers portrayed him.
The difficulty truly is that each man was playing to the audience, and a modern listener is not going to get the nuance of these debates such that we would understand how each man truly felt.
But the narration is so good and communicates character so well, that it merits an effort to either borrow or buy it (like on Audible.com).
Having said all that, the Quality of the debate between Lincoln and Douglas is one for the ages!… (plus d'informations)