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The Last Full Measure (ISBN 0-345-43481-1 (10 ISBN), ISBN 978-0-345-43481-4 (13 ISBN)) is a novel by American author Jeffrey Shaara, published on May 2, 2000, by Ballantine Books. It is the sequel to The Killer Angels and Gods and Generals. Together, the three novels complete an American Civil War trilogy relating events from 1858 to 1865.
The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.The speech was made at the formal dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg National Cemetery) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of ...
Honoré Willsie Morrow (née, McCue; February 19, 1880 – April 12, 1940) was an American novelist and short story writer, as well as a magazine editor.Traveling to every state of the Union with her first husband, [1] she used these experiences as background for her writing.
Read below for the full text of Lincoln's address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition ...
— Abraham Lincoln. 18. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” — Abraham Lincoln. 19. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Abraham ...
The Last Full Measure may refer to: The Last Full Measure, a 1998 novel by Jeffrey Shaara; The Last Full Measure, a short film written and directed by Alexandra Kerry; The Last Full Measure, a war drama film by Todd Robinson "The Last Full Measure" (short story), a short story by George Alec Effinger
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Lincoln in this address coined the phrase that the United States is the "last best hope of Earth." This phrase has been echoed by many US presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt closed his 1939 State of the Union Address by quoting these words from Lincoln. [3] Lyndon B. Johnson quoted it in a special message to Congress on equal rights. [4]