The American Reader: Words that Moved a NationThe 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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Bradford was 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
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... Otis was 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 circulated
widely ...
Adams was the first vice-president of the United States and was then elected
president (1797–1801); he was defeated for the presidency in 1800 by Thomas
Jefferson. He and Jefferson both died 24 # The American Reader JOHN ADAMS:
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... noted for his quick wit and his oratorical skills. Elected to the Virginia
legislature in 1763, he became an outspoken advocate of the rights Colonial
Days and the Revolution # 33 PATRICK HENRY: Speech to the Second Virginia
Convention.
He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1769 and became active in
the independence movement representing Virginia at the Continental Congress.
He was twice elected governor of Virginia, and served as America's ...
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Common Sense | 45 |
Liberty Tree | 54 |
The Federalist No 1 | 63 |
Reply to Booker T Washington | 329 |
Against Imperialism | 337 |
THE PROGRESSIVE | 345 |
Women and Economics | 354 |
Should Higher Education for Women | 360 |
Prejudice Against Women | 369 |
Advice to a Black Schoolgirl | 378 |
The Preacher and the Slave | 385 |
Farewell Address | 71 |
Hail Columbia | 77 |
The StarSpangled Banner | 83 |
The Meaning of Patriotism in America | 90 |
Woodman Spare That Tree | 96 |
REFORM AND EXPANSION | 103 |
On Top of Old Smoky | 111 |
A Psalm of Life | 118 |
Civil Disobedience | 125 |
Walden | 134 |
The Barefoot Boy | 140 |
The Case for Public Schools | 148 |
Address to the Ohio | 159 |
A Disappointed Woman | 169 |
Walkers Appeal | 175 |
Stanzas for the Times | 181 |
Bearing Witness Against Slavery | 188 |
The Present Crisis | 198 |
The House Divided Speech | 208 |
The LincolnDouglas Debates | 216 |
Last Statement to the Court | 224 |
Go Down Moses | 238 |
Dixie | 243 |
The Bonnie Blue Flag | 250 |
The John Brown Song | 256 |
Second Inaugural Address | 263 |
AFTER THE CIVIL | 273 |
The Ballad of John Henry | 285 |
Speech at the National | 295 |
The New Colossus | 301 |
When de Con Pones Hot | 308 |
The Pledge of Allegiance | 315 |
America the Beautiful | 321 |
Protest to President Wilson | 394 |
Anne Rutledge | 401 |
Solidarity Forever | 408 |
The LeadenEyed | 414 |
Against Entry into the War | 422 |
The Marines Hymn | 429 |
The Right to Ones Body | 435 |
A Korean Discovers New York | 441 |
O Black and Unknown Bards | 447 |
THE DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II | 457 |
Second Inaugural | 464 |
Which Side Are You On? | 471 |
This Is the Army Mr Jones | 477 |
High Flight | 485 |
War Message to | 492 |
The Spirit of Liberty | 498 |
AFTER WORLD WAR II | 505 |
A Plea for Civil Rights | 513 |
Declaration of Conscience | 522 |
The Silent Generation | 529 |
Farewell Address | 535 |
Inaugural Address | 549 |
Address to the Broadcasting Industry | 555 |
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | 564 |
Speech at the Berlin Wall | 576 |
We Shall Overcome | 583 |
The Feminine Mystique | 589 |
On the Death of | 597 |
The Wilderness Idea | 603 |
The American Idea | 610 |
Author Index | 619 |
Copyright Acknowledgments | 625 |