The Lincoln-Douglas debates
(2012)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486145617 (electronic bk.) MWT11604534, 0486145611 (electronic bk.) 11604534
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Starring David Strathairn as Abraham Lincoln and Richard Dreyfuss as Stephen Douglas ; with additional narration by Michael McConnohie ; introduction by Allen C. Guelzo
Complete texts for all 7 debates between the incumbent Democratic senator from Illinois and the 1858 nominee of the infant Republican party. Paving the way for modern debates between political candidates, the events brought Lincoln (who lost the election) to national prominence and helped propel him to the presidency in 1860
Mode of access: World Wide Web