A Treasury of Great American Speeches
Author | : Charles Hurd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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Author | : Charles Hurd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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Author | : Andrew Bauer |
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Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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Author | : Charles Hurd |
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Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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Author | : Charles Hurd (1903-1968, ed) |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1959 |
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Author | : Charles Hurd |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc |
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Author | : Houston Peterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Speeches, addresses, etc |
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Contains the full text of important speeches from ancient times through the Second World War. Moses, Cicero, and Julius Caesar are among the representatives of Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. Early Christianity is illustrated through the words of Jesus of Nazareth (the Sermon on the Mount) and Pope Urban II, calling for the first crusade. The period of Renaissance and Reformation features the words of Savonarola, Luther, Queen Elizabeth, and John Donne. Select American, English, and Irish speeches of the 18th century include those by Alexander Hamilton, John Wesley, William Pitt, Edmund Burke, Patrick Henry, Lord Chatham. Several important speeches concerning the Warren Hastings trial are included. Speeches on the topic of the federal constitution include words by Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, and Alexander Hamilton. William Wilberforce and William Pitt speak out against the African slave trade. Twenty speeches consider various perspectives on the French Revolution. Included is Robespierres̕ final speech as he faces the guillotine. Nineteenth century American speeches include those by Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Henry Clay. Thirteen speeches provide perspectives on the American civil war, from orators including Abraham Lincoln, John Brown and Frederick Douglass. The first and second world wars and the peace process are the subjects of many speeches.
Author | : Eleanor Branson Hurd |
Publisher | : New York : Hawthorn Books |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : American letters |
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Author | : Richard Crosscup |
Publisher | : Dorset Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1993-06-01 |
Genre | : Orators |
ISBN | : 9781566190343 |
This book is an anthology of speeches that have been important both in their own time and in their influence on history. From Cicero to Disraeli, from Garibaldi to Gandhi, and from Patrick Henry to Mao Tse-Tung, those thinkers and doers whose recorded words have been of significance in the progress of mankind are represented in this book.
Author | : Alexandra Hanson-Harding |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780590898102 |
Contains excerpts from twenty historical speeches with background information and student learning activities.
Author | : Suzanne McIntire |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2002-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780471217107 |
The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining moment in American history, there were thosewhose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose wordscompelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When PatrickHenry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", when MartinLuther King Jr. said, "I have a dream", Americans listened and wereprofoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments tothis great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas andunshakeable convictions. The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as: Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr. These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American.