Kids Draw Anime (Kids Draw)

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Interest in anime and manga-the arts of Japanese animation and comics-is exploding in the US children's market. PokŽmon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, and Sailor Moon are just a few of the anime phenomena delighting kids ages 4- 12. Kids Draw Anime, the eighth book in the popular Kids Draw series, is the first book specifically designed to teach kids 6-12 how to draw the popular anime style themselves. Focusing on sh›jo- and sh›nen-style anime, the book teaches the familiar "big eye" look, in which characters are drawn cute and young as opposed to the angular, dramatic characters of adult-oriented styles. Young artists will find a complete introduction to anime style, taught with engaging text and full-color art. Dozens of fun, hands-on lessons demonstrate how to draw heads, eyes, expressions, hairstyles, the basic body, hands and shoes, good guys and bad guys, goofy characters, fantasy characters, robots, and much more. As in all Kids Draw books, each dazzling spread is easy to follow, fun to look at, and guaranteed to charm a new generation of artists!

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Fun, interesting art!!.......2006-05-24

My 8 year old daughter received this as a Christmas gift five months ago, and it is wonderful! It's challenging but attainable drawing. Too often, art books are WAY too "kiddy" and cartoony with too little flavor, or way too complicated and mature. This is great for my daughter- it's neither *kiddy* nor too mature. She is a self-motivated artist, and I have seen a definite improvement in her skill from her trying to emulate the style and forms in this book.

This is definitely for kids, but it's not too easy and cartoony, and I don't care whether it's true anime or not. If my daughter ends up caring what *real* anime is, then she'll pursue it seriously, and not in a kids' art book.

Not anime.......2005-12-24

First of all it should be titled "Kids draw Manga" not "Kids draw Anime" because Anime and Manga are different and what this book teaches is considered as manga but anyway this wouldn't even be considered manga or anime because it's just way to bad and crappy. I mean don't even waste your time or money with this book, better yet go find it at your local library. I love to draw manga and anime and when I flipped through this book me and my friends, we were pissed off because it's an embarrassment. So not beginners or anyone above that. This is mainly for kids under the age of 7 or something.

anime?!.......2005-10-24

I just to a glips this book and I look at it and thought "anime?!" the answer was no. It was to cartoony.Yes it's a could book to draw cartoons but not anime. For instance look at Salior moon, Rayearth or Yu-gi-oh then look at this book do the look a like? If you want to learn real anime don't get this book you could get better ones for less. THIS IS A NOTE IF YOUR THINKING ABOUT GETTING ANY OF HIS MANGA MANIA BOOKS when you see the great art on the front it isn't his he hires people to do a whole chunk of the book and the front and back of the book for him then like only a small amount is his work and on the front of the book it says the book was by him. What did he do besides put no-anime charaters in it?! That's what I'm still trying to find out.
Back to this book if you can see the front of the book doesn't look good on the cover. If the covers bad isn't the book going to be the same? So If you want to learn anime I recemend
books that at least look like anime.

too kiddish.......2005-08-23

in my opinion, this is too kiddish for anyone who wants to become serious. If you are a young (high elemntary are lower middle school) and are tying to start out with good instructions, i would sujust the books by katy coope, how to draw manga, and how th draw more manga.

Not anime!.......2005-08-07

I picked this up in hope that it would show me some simple anime techniques, IE chibi etc, but it's not only badly drawn and poorly explained, it's also nothing like anime. Do not get this book, it also teaches nothing. Get How to draw Manga, or for younger kids, The Art Of Creating and Drawing anime women/action series's.

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Anime (Kids draw)
K. Khart
Manufacturer: AST
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 5170311281

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V knige posledovatel'no, shag za shagom, rasskazyvaetsya o tom, kak risovat' lyudej, zhivotnykh i drugikh personazhej v stile yaponskogo anime - samogo populyarnogo segodnya stilya v mul'tiplikatsii.

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"I read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet him quick before someone else read it."--Kevin Spacey

Actors and critics alike have praised Alan Ball's first feature film screenplay, which tells the off-kilter story of a midlife crisis suffered by Lester Burnham (played by Spacey). For fans of the film's dialogue--and there will be many--the screenplay allows Ball's words as well as the film's inventive imagery, from flying rose petals to a dancing plastic bag, to be savored.

Unfortunately for those wanting the inside scoop, this text is not the original shooting script but rather the screenplay of the final cut. But the script is so impressive, that's a minor quibble. The accompanying notes from Ball and director Sam Mendes are quite insightful, hinting at a different original ending and revealing Ball's odd inspiration for his idea: the tale of Joey Buttafuoco. Ball's TV background has made him an expert technical writer, and this book would serve as a great template for the fledgling screenwriter. It includes 20 black and white photos and a cast list. --Doug Thomas

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The shooting script of the acclaimed DreamWorks film starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, directed by Sam Mendes, winner of the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. In the widely praised Newmarket Shooting Script(tm) series format, here is the complete shooting script of one of the best films of 1999. Also included in this volume are a fascinating essay about the screenplay and the making of the film by director Sam Mendes, an afterword by screenwriter Alan Ball recalling the genesis of the script, a twelve-page photo section, and the complete cast and crew credits.

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Beautiful.......2007-06-08

I loved reading the screenplay just as much as I enjoyed watching the film. I'm interested in screenwriting myself and bought the screenplay as a guide to my own screenwriting -- what to do and what not to do, and especially how to format shots of a person videotaping as is done throughout this piece. Excellent teaching tool!

A great companion to the movie!.......2004-10-24

I loved the film, American Beauty. It is, quite simply, my favorite movie of all time! This screenplay is just as captivating as the movie... Because, in many ways, it is the movie! Alan Ball's script is really what made American Beauty the film that made jaded American moviegoers stand up and say "Thank you!" We can only hope that future filmmakers are taking note... Simply put, it is destined to become a treasured piece of modern Americana. :-)

***** for the text, * for production values of the book.......2004-05-01

If you have seen the movie, and were deeply touched by it, as seems inevitable, owning this screenplay is definitely worthwhile. Without having to put on the DVD, you can relive particular moments by just leafing through the pages. Alan Ball's script won multiple awards, and rightly so: it is a masterpiece of dramatic writing, merging the comical, the tragic and the spiritual in ways rarely seen in present day (American) film.
Yet this book isn't all it could, and in my view should, have been. It really offers very little besides the literal text of the final movie version (including some of Annette Bening's and Kevin Spacey's improvisations). Other film scripts I own include in-depth information about genesis, casting, production etc., loads of good still and behind-the-scenes photography, as well as discarded scenes and earlier versions of scenes. None of that here, even though several parts of the film were drastically altered during the filming. There is a 2-page intro by Mendes that adds nothing to the information contained on the DVD, if you own that; and the same goes for the even shorter afterword by Ball (who, on the DVD commentary track, isn't able to get a word in edgewise with Mendes, and so remains something of an enigma). Then there are a few grainy black and white stills that are an insult to the brilliant cinematography of the movie - and that's it. For makers of a film so ostentatiously concerned with the relativity of material things, it does seem like a rather cheap way to squeeze some extra bucks from it...

Today is the first day of the rest of your life?.......2003-09-28

Today is the first day of the rest of your life?

Yes.The amazing capability that we have to surprise ourselves and the surrounding life makes you to take control of every moment that you live. Live larger.

Lester has this capability. He never died . He just smiled. before taking a pause.

AMAZING BEAUTY. That's what I can write about this movie and the writer.

Look Closer..........2002-01-12

If you didn't like the movie as you watched it, then you'll gonna love it after you read this script!

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The Healing Forces of Music: History, Theory and Practice

Right sound as nourishment for mind, body, and spirit.

The Healing Forces of Music: History, Theory, and Practice
Randall, Ph.D. McClellan
Manufacturer: iUniverse
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ASIN: 0595006655

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The Healing Forces of Music explores the shamanistic practices and musical cosmologies of the ancient world, the worlds of Eastern and Western classical forms, as well as contemporary resources. McClellan takes us into basic acoustics, the process of hearing and the vibratory nature of the human body. He presents a healing method through “cymatics” (the effect of vibration on physical matter), and also systems of healing with sound, voice and mantra, Tantric therapies and the utilization of the Endocrine Gland system and Chakra energies. He presents a thorough investigation of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual effects of music, the characteristics of healing music, procedures for using music as a healing agent and advocates a new philosophy of music as a transcendent experience.

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The Healing Forces of Music: History, Theory and Practice.......2006-02-11

Because our ear bones vibrate from the time before we are born until we die, what we hear and how we hear are important. Sound can add to the quality of our life and the life of the planet. It's as if the universe is one big orchestra and every vibration contributes to the music. By adding to the harmony of the music, we can add to universal health.

In The Healing Forces of Music, McClellan explains the basis of sound in scientific terms and shows how sound has been used in various times and cultures for healing. He demonstrates many principles for understanding our own inner resonance, and how to connect with the power within to heal.

McClellan shows how our voice unites body, mind and spirit, and has properties that can increase our sensitivity to internal resonance and healing. Voice can also help remove obstacles-such as emotional stress and negative mental attitudes-that make our energy stagnant. Music can also be used in healing to quiet the patient, to help concentration and to facilitate the expression of emotions. McClellan presents a variety of techniques for working with sound and breath, from the use of relaxation to chanting vowels and ancient mantras.

"The first requirement of learning the process of healing is to experience the effect of various pitches on your own body." Finding your own natural voice or note is very therapeutic. McClellan tells a story of an old Armenian man who played one note on his cello day after day. His family, driven to distraction by the sound, told him that other musicians played different notes and created melodies. The old man replied that all the others were still searching for "the right note" whereas he had already found it.

The discipline of music can influence us spiritually and create a meditative atmosphere. "The slower the rate [that?] individual sound events pass through our consciousness and the greater the periods of silence between them, the slower our sense of time becomes.... We may experience a sense of timelessness." In a time-stressed world, focusing on mantras and breath can give us an experience of stillness and tranquility that we can bring into our daily life to create a healthy, relaxed perspective.

The Healing Forces of Music gives a reassuring look at the potential of sound and music for creating a state of well-being. It made me want to learn more and try out my own voice in all its variations.

Right sound as nourishment for mind, body, and spirit........2001-07-01

THE HEALING FORCES OF MUSIC : History, Theory & Practice. By Randall McClellan, Ph.D. 252 pp. August, 2000. ISBN: 0595006655 (pbk.)

Sound is a subtle form of nourishment. Consider how a loving mother is naturally impelled to talk to her baby, although the baby cannot understand a word. Consider the great pleasure we all take in chatting. Consider how we will often be found humming or singing to ourselves in our lighter moments. Consider the howling of wolves, and the sounds made by other non-human creatures such as whales. There is a whole science of sound that has barely been touched upon by official science, perhaps because, although equipped to handle knowledge, it finds itself at a loss when confronted with wisdom.

It is this wise understanding of sound that is being brought to us today, and in their different ways, by writers as diverse as Jonathan Goldman, Don. G. Campbell, Katharine Le Mee, and Randall McClellan. All of these writers have things to tell us about sound, voice, and music, that are extremely important for us to understand, but that aren't widely understood at all.

We learn from them that sound is is a far more powerful energy than the visual and penetrates us far more deeply. We also learn that sound is a powerful means of re-centering our frazzled spirit and restoring us to wholeness because its effect is to balance mind, emotions, and body. This is why the right sort of sound or music is a real and needed form of subtle nourishment.

And since the books of most of these writers offer detailed and practical instruction in the relatively simple art of using our voice to produce right sound, they bring this valuable method within the reach of everyone. Here are details of the other three books :

HEALING SOUNDS : The Power of Harmonics. Revised Edition. By Jonathan Goldman. New York : Harper Collins, 1996 (1992). ISBN: 1852308486 (pbk.)

THE ROAR OF SILENCE : Healing Powers of Breath, Tone & Music. By Don G. Campbell. 134 pp. Wheaton, Ill.: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1994 (1989). ISBN 0-8356-0645-7 (pbk.)

CHANT : The Origins, Form, Practice, and Healing Power of Gregorian Chant. By Katharine Le Mee. 169 pp. New York : Bell Tower, 1994. ISBN 0-517-70037-9 (hbk.)

Along with the present book, these are lucid and exceptionally important books which should be read by anyone who would like to learn about a vitally important element in our life which few of us know anything about at all - the power of sound to affect our mind, spirit, and heart, and the dessication that results when we lose touch with right sound.

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Clear information, beautifully presented

"Margaret Martin's book fills in the gaps in so many people's knowledge. Her book describes in simple language and with wonderfully clear illustrations what is happening in our bodies when we are expecting a baby. The author tells what to look for in the various stages and phases of labor and delivery, and then continues to discuss the first week after birth." Elisabeth Bing, FACCE, Founder ASPO/Lamaze

"This book can be read and enjoyed, and most importantly understood, by women of all ages and backgrounds. Fathers-to-be, physicians, midwives, and other health professionals will also benefit from the beautiful way in which this subject matter is presented." Patricia J. Dolhun, M.D., Diplomate of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Knowing the basics about pregnancy and childbirth helps women avoid the common complaints of pregnancy. Regular prenatal care can help prevent or reduce risks to mother and baby.

In easy-to-understand language, Pregnancy and Childbirth tells you everything you need to know to enjoy a safer, more comfortable pregnancy and welcome a stronger, healthier baby. Simple, clear, two-color drawings explain every aspect.

This inviting book is for the whole family! Fathers and children will learn from and like the straightforward, friendly format of Pregnancy and Childbirth as much as the woman who is expecting a baby. Health professionals will find it invaluable as a teaching aid.

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This book chronicles the final conflict over the now almost forgotten "Schleswig-Holstein Question", once a pivotal issue for the great powers of Europe. The campaign of Schleswig and Jutland was also the first of Otto von Bismarck's Wars of German Unification, which together created a united German Empire under Prussian leadership.

The detailed story of this, the last of the "Cabinet Wars", is told here for the first time in English, compiled from numerous published and unpublished sources, including many contemporary and first hand accounts, as well as official reports. This is an invaluable resource for any student of the mid 19th Century.

Key topics include: the historical background to the conflict, the political crisis of 1863, the intervention of the "German Parliament" and the build-up to war Full descriptions are provided of all military and naval forces involved.

The book includes comprehensive orders of battle for the various stages of the war, informative maps, many adapted from early sources, numerous illustrations and photographs .-

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A former professor of Greek at Yale University, Wills painstakingly deconstructs Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and discovers heavy influence from the early Greeks (Pericles) and the 19th century Transcendentalists (Edward Everett). The author also probes Lincoln's decision to rely more on the Declaration of Independence than the U.S. Constitution, a decision Wills says represented a "revolution in thought." He speaks effusively of the 272-word address: "All modern political prose descends from [it]. The Address does what all great art accomplishes. [I]t tease[s] us out of thought." Wills' book won the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.

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The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece.

By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.

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Paper I did for Grad class.......2007-09-13

In his book, Lincoln at Gettysburg, Garry Wills sets about debunking the myths, legends, and rumors concerning Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." Wills seeks to show that because of the Gettysburg Address " . . . the Civil War is what Lincoln wanted it to mean." (pg. 38) Wills helps the reader understand what events, speeches, and speakers had impacted Lincoln in the past, which ultimately influenced Lincoln's selection of words for the speech itself. Wills notes that the speech had influences from such diverse sources as Daniel Webster, Thomas Jefferson, as well as Greek figures such as Pericles. The book also describes the rural cemetery movement that was beginning to rise at the time of the speech, which was influential in the design of the Gettysburg Cemetery. The book also answers many of the critics of Lincoln, who argue the speech and the Emancipation Proclamation were weak, and illustrate Lincoln's propensity of clever evasions and key silences concerning key issues. Willis also notes how the style of the address was the forerunner of a new way of communicating, a way fit for the machine age.
One of the first topics Wills addresses is the myth that the man who spoke before Lincoln, Edward Everett, impositioned the audience with a two-hour long speech that bored the listeners. Wills notes long speeches were common, and expected for the day. He gives reference to the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, which illustrate that Lincoln himself was capable and comfortable speaking at length before groups of people. Willis also emphasizes that Everett was the invited speaker for the dedication, and Lincoln had been asked simply to give some remarks. Wills also demystifies the story that Lincoln wrote the address on a napkin, or while sitting on the stand during Everett's speech. Wills notes Lincoln composed he speeches thoughtfully, to simply jot one down quickly would be out of character. (pg. 28)
Wills notes the Greek revival that was occurring in America at this time, and the influence it had on Everett and Lincoln. Everett had been a leading proponent of the Greek Style, influencing many through his speeches, as well as the time he spent teaching at Harvard. Wills notes Everett had inspired many of the Transcendentalists, including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson stated that the Gettysburg Address would not " . . . easily be surpassed by words on nay recorded occasion." (pg. 47) Wills notes that Everett could be given credit, as much as anyone else, in creating the conditions for Lincoln's address, and his classicism was as much a forerunner to Lincoln as his foil. (pg. 47)
Understanding exactly what Lincoln meant in the speech is one of Wills' primary goals. To help the reader understand, Wills dissects many of the passages from the address, and then gives the reader insight into Lincoln's personality. One of the key phrases of the speech concerns the fathers of the country. Wills notes that Lincoln never seems to have been interested in George Washington. To Lincoln, the founding fathers were those who were the authors of the Declaration of Independence, particularly Thomas Jefferson, whom Lincoln considered the most distinguished politician in America's history.
Wills shows how Lincoln used the Gettysburg Address to refresh the memories of Americans the ideals the founding fathers placed in the Declaration of Independence, and the self-evident truth that `all men are created equal.' Wills notes how Lincoln's earlier speeches illustrate his ideas on slavery, which was the complete opposite of equality. Lincoln also used the Declaration to stress that the nation was founded in unity, and should stay unified. Wills states, "For him, the fathers are always the begetters of the national idea. The founders of the nation founded it on that." (pg. 86) Wills also notes how Lincoln and Daniel Webster felt the Declaration of Independence was closer to being the founding document of the United States than was the Constitution. (pg. 130) The ideals stated in the Declaration were more pure than the Constitution, which was based on compromises. Wills adds excerpts from Lincoln's speeches, which illustrate how the Constitution was to make a more `perfect union,' but not define the union itself.
To most Americans, the consensus opinion of the Gettysburg Address is to place it among the greatest speeches ever given, if not the greatest. Wills shows how Lincoln derived much of the address from his accumulated experiences. Some historians, particularly Richard Hofstadter, see the address as another instance where Lincoln avoided the issues and sought to placate the nation with weak rhetoric. Hofstadter does not criticize the address in the book, however it is noted that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation issued earlier that year was completely neglected in the address. Hofstadter says the Emancipation Proclamation " . . . had all the moral grandeur of a bill of lading. It contained no indictment of slavery, but simply based emancipation on `military necessity'. " (pg. 137)
Hofstadter further accuses Lincoln of being of two minds, which changed depending on the demographic of his audience. Hofstadter illustrates this by contrasting Lincoln's speeches he gave in Southern Illinois, versus speeches he gave in Northern Illinois. Hofstadter said Lincoln possibly believed whatever he uttered at the time he delivered it. He states, " Possibly his mind too was a house divided against itself." (pg. 92) Wills contends Hofstadter is pursuing false issues regarding Lincoln's speeches. Wills argues that it was not a matter of his position on the issues, but rather Lincoln chose when to "tickle the racism of his audience" (pg. 93)
One of the more interesting issues Wills concentrates on is the style of the address itself. Lincoln was noted to prefer succinctness and brevity to long overdrawn prose. Wills illustrates this in Lincoln's dispatches with General Grant. Grant was known for his dispatches that related the facts in the fewest words possible. Lincoln learned to be brief as well because of his telegraphs to Grant and other generals. Lincoln developed a reluctance to waste words and omitting coupling words. Lincoln also arranged the address so key words were repeated, so that each paragraph was bound to the preceding and following paragraphs. Wills states, "He was a Transcendentalist without the fuzziness. He spoke a modern language because he was dealing with a scientific age for which abstract words are appropriate." (pg. 174) Wills believes Lincoln was not addressing an agrarian future, but a mechanical future, in which economical speech that meshed like the gears of a machine was needed.
Willis tackles a subject that many Americans learned at an early age, but likely never thought about the deep meanings behind the short speech. Wills includes criticism of recent leaders and politicians such as Ronald Reagan, Robert Bork, and Ed Meese. Whatever his opinions regarding these men and their ideas, it seemed out of place with the rest of the book, and unfortunately dates what could be a timeless analysis of the Gettysburg Address. Despite the minor flaws, the book offers great insight and reflection upon an event in history that to many has lost its significance.

Profound. Insightful. Relevant. Powerful........2007-02-27

Garry Wills writes, "Hemingway claimed that modern American novels are the offspring of Huckleberry Finn. It is no exaggeration to say that all modern political prose descends from the Gettysburg Address."

Indeed, Edward Everett was given top billing that day and was to deliver a customary address of two or three hours. Lincoln's remarks were solicited almost as an afterthought. But Everett's day was over, a new era had begun, and America would never be the same. Political discourse would never be the same.

At Gettysburg, "Lincoln does not argue history or politics, he makes history...He came to change the world." As time has judged these words and valued this work, he did. He called up a new nation, reborn, and rededicated.

Wills takes a long, deep drink of the draft of this address. He circumspectly explores the culture, the politics, the popular culture, the context of the times. "Lincoln at Gettysburg" is a circumspect work in the hands of a masterful author, worthy of reading and re-reading. An important edition for every library.

Old Abe Lincoln gave a talk..........2006-09-21

in 1863, using fewer than 300 words. Garry Wills uses a lot more to explain to us why that brief speech has become immortal. The speech confirms that Lincoln was perhaps uniquely gifted to be a President, in spite of an inadequate formal education, an often unhappy personal life, and a public persona which sometimes repelled the rich and pompous. For anyone interested in the Civil War era, this is a must-read.

The Unabridged Audio Version - A bit long but still good.......2006-06-28

I listened to the audio cassette version read by the author. It is about six hour long. Normally I love audiobooks, but with this one I felt the paper version might be preferable because I could skim the overly-detailed parts and slow down on the sections that I really wanted to digest. I plan to get a paper version of this book because there are parts on Lincoln's choice of words and design of sentences that I want to reread.

Wills gave more detail than I personally wanted on the influence of Ancient Greece on 19th century America - an interesting topic but he went on and on about it. There was also slightly more than I needed to hear on 19th century cemetery design, although this was also interesting at first.

Wills does a good job of showing how Lincoln reframed the views that Americans held of the nation's origins. He illustrates how history can be revised by a single person if that person is a genius like Lincoln who recognizes a great opportunity. If you have any doubts about Lincoln's skills as a writer and orator, this book should dispell them.

Abraham Lincoln's Memorable Speech.......2006-06-15

Garry Wills analyzes one of the most significant presidential addresses in American history. LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG: THE WORDS THAT REMADE AMERICA is an important study about Abraham Lincoln's commemorative and memoriam for those who lost their lives at the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 during the US Civil War. It is also a historical and literary achievement that has been recited or referenced by US presidents after Lincoln as well as military and literary writers from General Eisenhower and Mark Twain, and students. Another important aspect of the Gettysburg Address is that it helped create a "symbol and people's political identity" (51).

Wills dissects the speech and shows parallels to classical, philosophical, and historical studies: Roman Republic and Greek Revivalism, and transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Gettysburg Address resonates the historic past that was revisited during the early nineteenth century, and in Lincoln's case, the heroicism of the Athens War and Peloponnesian War.

For many who remember the speech from studying US history at the primary and secondary level, this book is indeed, is a great supplement to reading and understanding the 272-word essay. LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG is also recommended reading for the history buff that may want to know the story about America's most significant speeches that has had an effect on American society.

AMERICAN SCRIPTURE : Making the Declaration of Independence + ORIGINAL MEANINGS : Politics And Ideas In The Making Of The Constitution + LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG : The Words That Remade America (Cornerstones of Liberty, 3 Volume Matched Set)

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AMERICAN SCRIPTURE : Making the Declaration of Independence + ORIGINAL MEANINGS : Politics And Ideas In The Making Of The Constitution + LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG : The Words That Remade America (Cornerstones of Liberty, 3 Volume Matched Set)
Pauline Maier , Jack N. Rakove , and Garry Wills
Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000UPDP52

Lincoln At Gettysburg - The Words That Remade America

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Lincoln At Gettysburg - The Words That Remade America
Garry Wills
Manufacturer: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000P6L6LG

LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG : The Words That Remade America (Cornerstones of Liberty, Volume 3)

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LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG : The Words That Remade America (Cornerstones of Liberty, Volume 3)
Garry Wills
Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000UP7WOC

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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Garry Willis
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NLS69S

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Lincoln At Gettysburg:The Words that Remade America
Garry Wills
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Lincoln at Gettysburg : The Words That Remade America
Garry Wills
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ASIN: B000RAXZW8

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An Exhaustive Examination of the Gettysburg Address

Lincoln at Gettysburg, The Words That Remade America

Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster 1992
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I8X1T6

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An Exhaustive Examination of the Gettysburg Address.......2006-10-02

Garry Willis' 1992 "Lincoln at Gettysburg" won the Pulitzer Prize and a number of other literary awards for its exhaustive and creative examination of Lincoln's seminal Gettysburg Address. Willis' theme is that Lincoln's address profoundly changed the intellectual basis of the dialogue within the United States over freedom and slavery. One need not fully agree with Willis' assessment of the impact of Lincoln's speech to appreciate the fine scholarship and literary style of his book.

Willis' book approaches the Gettysburg Address as an historical event, as an exemplar of political speechmaking of the period, and as an example of the political genius of Abraham Lincoln. Willis' breakdown of the speech itself identifies its intellectual antecedents, the meaning of its various portions, and why it has endured as a powerful statement of the American purpose. In a nice postscript, Willis describes the "other" Gettysburg Address, the oration by Edward Everett that was meant by organizers to be the principal speech at the event.

This book is highly recommended to students of the political and intellectual history of the Civil War. It may be less interesting to the casual reader or student of the military art.

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Lincoln at Gettysburg-The Words That Remade America

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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HZ903Q

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