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AbrahamLincoln'sGettysburgAddressisfamiliartoallAmericans.Butneverhashismostfamousspeech—his271indeliblewords—beenpresentedinsuchavisualandaccessibleformat.GraphicartistandCivilWaraficionadoC.M.Butzerdeftlyusesadetailed,comic-bookstyletodepicttheBattleofGettysburg;thenationalmovementtocreateamemorialthere;andthequietdayin1863whenLincolndeliveredhisgalvanizingspeech.Butzerusesonlyprimarysourcesforthetext,drawingfromfirst-personlettersanddiaries,speeches,andLincoln'sownwritingtounpackthisseriesofhistoricalevents.Theaddressitselfisplayedoutovereighteenpages,witheveryphrasegivenavisualinterpretationthatwillresonatewithyoungreaders.