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American speeches : political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton. Cover Image Book

American speeches : political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton.

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Collects the unabridged texts of important speeches, including Patrick Henry's "liberty or death" speech, women's rights speeches by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Grover Cleveland's address dedicating the Statue of Liberty.

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  • ISBN: 1931082979
  • ISBN: 1931082987
  • ISBN: 9781931082976
  • ISBN: 9781931082983
  • Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Library of America, [2006]
  • Distributor: Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Vol. 2: POLITICAL ORATORY FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO BILL CLINTON: -- Speech on reconstruction / Abraham Lincoln -- Speech in Congress on reconstruction / Thaddeus Stevens -- Speech at meeting commemorating Emancipation / Sojourner Truth -- Is it a crime for a citizen of the United States to vote? / Susan B. Anthony -- Speech in Congress on the Civil Rights Bill / Robert Brown Elliott -- Speech in Congress on the Civil Rights Bill / Benjamin F. Butler -- Oration in memory of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Douglass -- Speech nominating James G. Blaine / Robert G. Ingersoll -- Reply to General Howard / Chief Joseph -- Memorial Day address / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -- Address at the dedication of the Statue of Liberty / Grover Cleveland -- The solitude of self / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Lynch law in all its phases / Ida B. Wells -- Labor Day address / John Peter Altgeld -- Address at the Atlanta Exposition / Booker T. Washington -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / William Jennings Bryan -- The strenuous life / Theodore Roosevelt -- The policy of imperialism / Carl Schurz -- The man with the muck-rake / Theodore Roosevelt -- What it means to be colored in the Capital of the United States / Mary Church Terrell -- The new nationalism / Theodore Roosevelt -- Speech at prayer meeting / John Jay Chapman -- First inaugural address / Woodrow Wilson -- Address to Congress on war with Germany / Woodrow Wilson -- Speech in the Senate on free speech in wartime / Robert M. La Follette, Sr. -- Address to Woman Suffrage Convention / Carrie Chapman Catt -- Speech to the court / Eugene V. Debs -- Address to the Senate on the League of Nations / Woodrow Wilson -- Speech in the Senate on the League of Nations / Henry Cabot Lodge -- "Rugged individualism" speech / Herbert Hoover -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Speech to the Commonwealth Club / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- First inaugural address / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Every man a king / Huey Long -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Second inaugural address / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- "Arsenal of democracy" fireside chat / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Eighth annual address to Congress / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Address to Congress on war with Japan / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Speech to Third Army troops / George S. Patton -- Address to the Allied Expeditionary Forces / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Statement on the atomic bomb / Harry S. Truman -- Speech to Los Alamos scientists / J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Speech at Harvard University / George C. Marshall -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Hubert H. Humphrey -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Harry S. Truman -- Declaration of conscience / Margaret Chase Smith -- Nobel Prize address / William Faulkner -- Address to Congress/ Douglas MacArthur -- "Checkers" speech / Richard M. Nixon -- Speech to the Montgomery Improvement Association / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Second inaugural address / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association / John F. Kennedy -- Farewell address / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Inaugural address / John F. Kennedy -- Address at American University / John F. Kennedy -- Address to the nation on civil rights / John F. Kennedy -- Speech in the Rudolph Wilde Platz / John F. Kennedy -- Address at the March on Washington / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The crisis in women's identity / Betty Friedan -- The ballot or the bullet / Malcolm X -- Speech to the Republican National Convention / Barry Goldwater -- Speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater / Ronald Reagan -- Speech in Sproul Plaza / Mario Savio -- Nobel Prize address / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Address to Congress on voting rights / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Address at Howard University / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Address at the University of Cape Town / Robert F. Kennedy -- Speech on the Vietnam War / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Sermon at National Cathedral / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Speech at Mason Temple / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Remarks on the assassination of Martin Luther King / Robert F. Kennedy -- Statement to the House Judiciary Committee / Barbara Jordan -- Remarks on leaving the White House / Richard M. Nixon -- Address to the nation on energy policy / Jimmy Carter -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Edward M. Kennedy -- Address to members of Parliament / Ronald Reagan -- Address at Pointe-du-Hoc / Ronald Reagan -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Jesse Jackson -- Address to the nation on the Challenger disaster / Ronald Reagan -- Speech at the Brandenburg Gate / Ronald Reagan -- Speech at Mason Temple / William J. Clinton -- Speech at Central High School / William J. Clinton.

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