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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Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. Come join hand in hand brave Americans all , And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call ; No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim , Or stain with dishonour America's name . CHORUS ...
... of eloquence . " Logan's speech was a regular feature in school reading books of the nineteenth century , and was familiar to generations of American youngsters . I appeal to any white man to say , if 30 ☆ The American Reader.
... American army excluded blacks . But when the British called on slaves to join their side , the revolutionary army reversed its policy . Some 5,000 African Americans , both slave and free , fought in the Amer- ican army . Many gained ...
... America's ambassador to France . When he ran for president in 1800 , he and Aaron Burr received equal numbers of ... American reformers , whatever their cause - whether for abolition of slavery , for barring racial segregation , for ...
... America . Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy , from different motives , and with various designs : but all have been ineffectual , and the period of debate is closed .... I have heard it asserted by some , that as America ...