The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 5 Sep 2000 - 656 halaman The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... Senator Joseph McCarthy . Our presidents in the closing decades of the twentieth century were known more for their slo- gans , sound " bites , " and off - the - cuff remarks than for the kinds of speeches that once spoke directly to the ...
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