Gabor Boritt, author of The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows, has written a lengthy article about the Gettysburg Address for the latest issue of U.S. News and World Report. 

Gettysburg's Good News (U.S. News and World Report)
Schoolkids learn Lincoln's words at the scene of the epic battle by heart. But what did they really mean?

The meaning of the Gettysburg Address has changed, generation after generation. It has become one of the most revered texts, even as historians and public figures have puzzled over its meaning. In a new book, The Gettysburg Gospel, Gabor Boritt, director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, takes a fresh look at the 272 words written by President Abraham Lincoln, probably in a 36-hour period, partly in Washington, partly at the scene of the battle, the greatest man-made disaster in American history. The word "gospel" suggests spiritual rebirth. When Lincoln's words are best understood, they bring that potential to Americans, indeed to people everywhere.

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