Reviews

The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows by Gabor S. Boritt

beccagomezfarrell's review

2.0

This was the third of three books about Gettysburg that I read in preparation for my first trip to the battlefield. It's pretty much a summary of the research that has been done to this point about the address itself and how its legend has grown throughout the years. The most interesting part was a play by play reading of the lines of the address interspersed with the crowd reaction and the possible meanings behind each line. A bit dry but few historical books aren't and definitely too long for such a small subject but my eyes still teared up every time I read words from the address.

jules's review

2.0

incredibly dense, not especially interesting, but an incredible feat and impressively thorough account of the Gettysburg Address.