The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 2000 M09 5 - 656 páginas 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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... look for at this time in our nation's history ? Who should be added to the pantheon of oft - heard Amer- ican voices ? The voices that I added expanded the pantheon to include men and women , and people of different backgrounds . In my ...
... his head by a British officer left him insane . May it please your honors , I was desired by one of the court to look into the books , and consider the question now before them concerning writs of assistance . I have , accordingly.
... look up to Heaven for help against us : a common murderer , a highwayman , or a house- breaker , has as good a pretence as he . ' Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country . All nations and ages have ...
... Look on this picture and weep over it ! and if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not , let him suffer it unlamented .... THOMAS PAINE LIBERTY TREE In addition to writing revolutionary tracts , Thomas Paine wrote ...
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