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Great American Speeches (Library of Freedom)
- Author: GREGORY SURIANO
- Length: 320
- Edition: Hardcover
- Publisher: Gramercy
About Great American Speeches:
Introductions by Gregory Suriano. Great collection of important American speeches from the Revolutionary War to the present. Covers specific topics in American history from slavery to environmental issues. Each speech preceded by an introduction. Includes George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglas, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. 320 pages.
Description of Great American Speeches:
Introductions by Gregory Suriano. Great collection of important American speeches from the Revolutionary War to the present. Covers specific topics in American history from slavery to environmental issues. Each speech preceded by an introduction. Includes George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglas, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. 320 pages.
Information on Great American Speeches from the publisher:
Great collection of important American speeches from the Revolutionary War to the present. Covers specific topics in American history from slavery to environmental issues. Each speech preceded by an introduction. Includes George Washington. Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King.
Description of Gregory Suriano, author of Great American Speeches:
"Great American Speeches" is a collection that reflects the important issues that confronted the United States at significant moments from the Revolution to the day before yesterday. The speeches have been organized chronologically, so that the history of the American Republic unfolds decade by decade, year by year, through the personal responses of the individual who shaped events and ideas. Each address is prefaced by a concise introduction that places the words firmly in their historical context and provides background information on the life and accomplishments of the speaker. Included are speeches that are famed in themselves for the events they reflect or for the continually echoing eloquence of their words - among them, Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Pearl Harbor" message, John F. Kennedy's "First Inaugural Address," and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington - "I Have a Dream" - address.