“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation; conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.â€Long before his conservative manifesto Liberty and Tyranny became a #1 New York Times bestseller; Mark R. Levin's love for his country was instilled in him by his father; Jack E. Levin. At family dinners; Jack would share his bountiful knowledge of American history and; especially; the inspiration of Abraham Lincoln.The son of immigrants; Jack Levin is an American patriot who responded with deep personal emotion to Lincoln's call for liberty and equality. His admiration for the great Civil War president inspired him to personally design and produce a beautiful volume; enhanced with period illustrations and striking battlefield images by Matthew Brady and other renowned photographers of the era; that brings to life the words of Lincoln's awe-inspiring response to one of the Civil War's costliest conflicts. Now Jack Levin's loving homage to the spirit of American freedom is available in an essential edition that features his original foreword as well as a touching new preface by his son; Mark Levin. In this way; Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Illustrated celebrates the passing of patriotic pride and historical insight from generation to generation; from father to son. The day following the dedication of the National Soldier's Cemetery at Gettysburg; Edward Everett; who spoke before Lincoln; sent him a note saying: “Permit me to express my great admiration for the thoughts expressed by you; with such eloquent simplicity and appropriateness; at the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad; if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion; in two hours; as you did in two minutes.â€Lincoln wrote back to Everett: “In our respective parts yesterday; you could not have been excused to make a short address; nor I a long one. I am pleased to know that in your judgement the little I did say was not entirely a failure.â€
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Looking Back Without RancorBy watchitHannah Naiditch has achieved something noteworthy in her book; which is part memoir and part soapbox. In the former; she places the Holocaust into perspective; neither wallowing in it nor burying it; but using it to inform the rest of her life. In the latter -- a collection of her published political essays -- she reminds us that the lessons of the past; if not learned; will be repeated. Naiditch's writing is sharp; her observations sharper.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An Odyssey with AnswersBy David R. FertigHannah Naiditch has penned from her own vibrant life a bona fide piece of english literature in which; as a keen observer with a wry voice; she leads the reader through her odyssey as a young woman escaping the Nazis of Europe to become a radical; politically active woman; mother and now; an elder stateswoman of letters.Naiditch's keenly observed saga is wrought with a warm; critical and at times humorous analysis of her own changing times. In this; she develops her trenchant views of humanity; society and economics as she recounts her passage from innocent child; to world-weary refugee; into political activism; science and middle-class mother-hood; to become a brilliant observer of life and our world.The only weakness in this self-published book is the absence of an editor's red pen; by which Naiditch might have traded some small amounts of purple prose for fuller explication of her interior experience. But that's a small mark on an otherwise grand tale.She caps her entrancing story with a collection of well-written; often topical; always timeless; letters-to-the editor and op-ed pieces written for local papers. These pieces are blossoms of careful thought; richly nourished by the long and fruitful life a woman unafraid of anything except ignorance.Read this book: You'll smile; you'll think; and you'll be glad you did.###0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Memoirs As An Account of One Who SurvivedBy DonThis survivor's tale illustrates the luck and guts of those who were able and foresighted enough to get out early. It as another contribution to the Holocaust testimony. Naiditch writes in a readable and humorous straightforward style of her rich life in Vienna and what she had to compromise before coming to America. The book's addendum of her many op-ed pieces provides a gadfly analysis of social policy and enriches the narration.
