THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
David Strathairn as Abraham Lincoln
Richard Dreyfuss as Stephen Douglas
This BBC Audio production is the first complete recording ever of the historical debates, presented unabridged, as they were originally spoken by the candidates.
Text for the recordingprovided courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association as presented in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.
Produced in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the debates and the 200th anniversary of Lincolns birth.
Introduced by Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce III Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College and author of ''Lincoln and Douglas : The Debates That Defined America."
