American Speeches: Political Oratory from Patrick Henry to Barack Obama A Library of America Paperback Classic

Name: American Speeches: Political Oratory from Patrick Henry to Barack Obama A Library of America Paperback Classic
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ISBN: 9781598530940

ISBN-10: 1598530941

ISBN-13: 9781598530940

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ted Widmer

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From the American Revolution to the present day, public oratory has profoundly shaped American history and culture-not only our politics but our language and our sense of national identity. Edited by historian and former presidential speechwriter Ted Widmer, American Speechespresents the complete texts of forty-seven of the greatest speeches in American history: from Patrick Henry's address before the Virginia Convention in 1775 ("give me liberty, or give me death!") to "A More Perfect Union," Barack Obama's profound meditation on race from the 2008 presidential campaign. Classic speeches like Sojourner Truth's stirring declamation to the 1851 Women's Rights Convention, Abraham Lincoln's…

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List price: $12.95
Publisher: Library of America, The
Publication date: 1/20/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 425
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836