The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 5. 9. 2000. - 656 страница 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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... Father and I went down to camp , Along with Captain Gooding , And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty ... father's cattle . And every time they fired it off It took a horn of powder , And made a noise like father's gun , Only ...
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. And made a noise like father's gun , Only a nation louder . I can't tell you half I saw , They kept up such a smother , So I took my hat off , made a bow And scampered home to mother . Yankee ...
... father of the Uni- versity of Virginia . " Sa ECTION I. Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will , but follow involuntarily the evi- dence proposed to their minds ; that Almighty God hath created the ...
... father and an Anglican mother and left school at the age of 13 to work with his father as a corset maker . He tried a variety of occupations ( including collect- ing excise duties on liquor and tobacco ) , none successfully . After ...
... father , friend , or lover ; and whatever may be your rank or title in life , you have the heart of a coward , and the spirit of a sycophant .... Every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual . Our prayers have been rejected with ...