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. |
Dari dalam buku
Hasil 1-5 dari 6
... millions of young Americans memorized " Shoot , if you must , this old gray head / But spare your country's flag , ' she said , " from " Barbara Frietchie . " Or declaimed with pride the sonorous lines from Emma Lazarus's " The New ...
... million . And there I saw a little keg , Its head was made of leather ; They knocked upon it with two sticks To call the men together . And there I saw a swamping gun , As big as a log of maple , Upon a mighty little cart , A load for ...
... million Africans were carried to the Americas under brutal conditions ; about 400,000 of these were brought to North America . Some colonists opposed slavery , especially Quakers and Mennonites , and leaders such as Benjamin Franklin ...
... millions of people , armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as that which we possess , are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us . Besides , sir , we shall not fight our battles alone . There is ...
... million people . More than any other single publication , Paine's Common Sense persuaded public opinion of the case for independence from Britain . Vo olumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between England and America ...
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
Bagian yang populer
Buku ini dirujuk
The Unmaking of Americans: How Multiculturalism Has Undermined the ... John J. Miller Pratinjau terbatas - 1998 |
Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture Lori Landay Pratinjau terbatas - 1998 |