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American Political Speeches Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Terry Golway (Editor); Introduction by Terry Golway; Richard Beeman (Editor)
Summary
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life, including the founding documents, pivotal historical speeches, and important Supreme Court decisions, to create a timely and informative mini-library of perennially vital issues.
American Political Speeches includes the best American rhetoric from inside and outside the White House. Some of the greatest words spoken in American history have come from men and women who lacked the biggest bully pulpit in the country, but who nevertheless were able to move the nation with words. Frederick Douglass explained the irony of Independence Day from the perspective of a slave. Martin Luther King, Jr. described his dream of an interracial America. William Jennings Bryan gave voice to social discontent with a single phrase, "a cross of gold." Barbara Jordan summoned the nation"s outrage during the impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon. And the best presidents, not by coincidence, have tended to be those with an appreciation for the use of language: Lincoln explaining a new birth of freedom at Gettysburg; John Kennedy voicing moral outrage at the Berlin Wall; Franklin D. Roosevelt chatting to a nation gathered in front of radios; Ronald Reagan addressing Congress freshly healed from an assassination attempt.
American Political Speeches includes the best American rhetoric from inside and outside the White House. Some of the greatest words spoken in American history have come from men and women who lacked the biggest bully pulpit in the country, but who nevertheless were able to move the nation with words. Frederick Douglass explained the irony of Independence Day from the perspective of a slave. Martin Luther King, Jr. described his dream of an interracial America. William Jennings Bryan gave voice to social discontent with a single phrase, "a cross of gold." Barbara Jordan summoned the nation"s outrage during the impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon. And the best presidents, not by coincidence, have tended to be those with an appreciation for the use of language: Lincoln explaining a new birth of freedom at Gettysburg; John Kennedy voicing moral outrage at the Berlin Wall; Franklin D. Roosevelt chatting to a nation gathered in front of radios; Ronald Reagan addressing Congress freshly healed from an assassination attempt.
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- Title American Political Speeches
- Author Terry Golway (Editor); Introduction by Terry Golway; Richard Beeman (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2012-08-28
- ISBN 9780143121954 / 0143121952
- Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.39 x 4.49 x 0.9 in (18.77 x 11.40 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1230
- Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012022945
- Dewey Decimal Code 080.973
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