 Cover of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America; featured is Abraham Lincoln | |
| Author | Garry Wills |
|---|---|
| Subject | Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | 1992 Simon & Schuster |
| Publication place | United States |
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America was written by Garry Wills, who was an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University at the time that his book was published. The book, which became a best-seller during the 1990s,[1] argued that Lincoln's 272-word address, which was delivered during the dedication of the new national cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863, was so powerful that it reshaped the United States by altering Americans' view of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Released by Simon & Schuster in 1992, Wills' book won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction[2][3] and the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.[4]
- ^ Swanson, Stevenson. "NU's scholar of diversity wins prize for Lincoln book." Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Tribune, April 14, 1993, p. 7 (subscription required).
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "'Truman,' 'Good Scent from Strange Mountain,' 'Millenium Approaches' win." Orlando, Florida: The Orlando Sentinel, April 14, 1993, p. 51 (subscription required).
- ^ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". 1992 Awards. The National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original (web) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-03-10.