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From Mark Levin's father, Jack: An inspiring illustrated tribute to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Illustrated
by Jack Levin
On July 4, 1937, twelve-year-old Jack Levin, later to
become father of conservative radio host and author Mark
Levin, walked several miles from his home to the parade
route where the city of Philadelphia was celebrating our
nation’s founding. There, one of the dignitaries in the
parade caught young Jack's eye -- a Civil War veteran,
dressed in his old Union uniform. "The soldier would become
seared in my father's mind," writes Mark Levin today. "The
most costly war in American history had become real to him.
Thus began my father's lifelong journey of self-education
and patriotic preaching about this great nation's history
and founding principles." And since Jack had a particular
admiration for Abraham Lincoln and a talent for drawing and
design, in the 1960s he personally designed and produced
this beautiful volume -- enhanced with period illustrations
and striking battlefield images by Matthew Brady and other
renowned photographers of the era -- which brings to life
the words of Lincoln's awe-inspiring response to one of the
Civil War's costliest conflicts.
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First published in 1965, this deluxe re-issue of Jack
Levin's Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Illustrated
features his original foreword as well as a touching new
preface by his son, Mark Levin, who writes in it: "Not too
long ago, my father sent me a Xerox copy of his book, which
he had reduced to a smaller size. He said, 'Mark, I created
this book forty-five years ago to remind people, especially
young people, how precious our republic is. This might be a
good time to remind them again.' He was right. With the
exception of improvements to the clarity and color of the
graphics with digital technology, slight modifications to
certain pages and the cover, and the reduced physical size
of the book, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Illustrated remains the same as when it was first released
in 1965. But its message is all the more important."
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