The Inaugural Address, 2009

Celebrate the inauguration of America's 44th president with this New York Times bestseller

Tying into the official theme for the 2009 inaugural ceremony, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkers and writers who have helped shape him politically, philosophically, and personally: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Having Lincoln and Emerson's most influential, memorable, and eloquent words along with Obama's historic inaugural address will be a gift of inspiration for every American for generations to come.

Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkers and writers who have helped shape him politically, philosophically, and personally: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Having Lincoln and Emerson's most influential, memorable, and eloquent words along with Obama's much-anticipated historical inaugural address will be a gift of inspiration for every American and a keepsake for generations.

Includes:

• Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, 2009

• Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865

• Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863

• Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861

• Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841

BARACK OBAMA became the first African American to be elected President of the United States on November 4, 2008.