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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... wrote to say that he received it as a Christmas present and kept it at his bedside , read- ing a different selection every night ; he claimed that like potato chips , " You can't stop with just one . " In choosing the contents , I was ...
... wrote that Otis was " a flame of fire ! ... American independence was there and then born ; the seeds of patriots and heroes were then and there sown . Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary ...
... wrote the Declaration of Independence . 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 ...
... wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence as a member of a committee that included John Adams and Benjamin Franklin . The Continental Congress made significant changes in Jefferson's draft , in particular , removing - at ...
... wrote for his tombstone reads : " Here was buried Thomas Jefferson , author of the Declaration of American indepen- dence , of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom , and father of the Uni- versity of Virginia . " Sa ECTION I ...
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