The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 05.09.2000 - 656 Seiten 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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... elect officers , pass laws , and admit new voting members . The covenant entered into on that November day on a ship at anchor in the wilderness harbor established the basis for self - government and the rule of law in the new land . I ...
... elected governor of Plymouth Colony in 1621 and was reelected to that office almost every year from 1622 to 1656. He began writing the History of Plimouth Plantation in 1630 and completed it in 1651. His description of the hard life ...
... elected to the legislature of Massachusetts and was chosen as speaker of the house in 1766 ; however , the royal governor of the province blocked his selection as speaker . For years , his speeches and writings circu- lated widely ...
... . Adams was the first vice - president of the United States and was then elected president ( 1797-1801 ) ; he was defeated for the pres- idency in 1800 by Thomas Jefferson . He and Jefferson 24 ☆ The American Reader.
... he was one of colonial Virginia's most successful lawyers , noted for his quick wit and his oratorical skills . Elected to the Virginia legisla- ture in 1763 , he became an outspoken advocate of Colonial Days and the Revolution 33.
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