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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... political bands which have connected them with another , and to assume among the Powers of the earth , the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them , a decent respect to the opinions of ...
... political connection between them and the State of Great Britain , is and ought to be totally dissolved ; and that as Free and Indepen- dent States , they have full Power to levy War , conclude Peace , con- tract Alliances , establish ...
... political propagandists . In 1787 , he returned to Europe , hoping to promote interest in his plan to build a bridge across the Schuykill River near Philadelphia . However , he soon became fascinated by the French Revolution . In 1791 ...
... political and literary American writ- ings - some famous , some virtually unknown - is a treasure . " -USA Today " Far more than a marvelous collection of text and images , Ravitch's anthology is also a journey through the American ...