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In Our Own Words : Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century by Andrew Caroll and Robert G. Torricelli (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKodansha America, Incorporated
ISBN-101568362919
ISBN-139781568362915
eBay Product ID (ePID)1159293
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn Our Own Words : Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicSpeeches, United States / 20th Century, United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Collections, History
AuthorAndrew Caroll, Robert G. Torricelli
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight30.9 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-029995
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 Vol.
Dewey Decimal815/.508
SynopsisA collection of the key speeches of the last 100 years complete with politicians, valedictorians, and people from all walks of life. An inspiring, educational and remarkable picture of our nation., ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY SPEECHES, ONE TIMELESS COLLECTION. In Our Own Words is a record of the most impassioned, inspirational, and infuriating orations ever given by Americans in this century. Featured here are the words of poets and politicians, artists and astronauts, scoundrels and sports heroes, Native Americans and Nobel laureates, soldiers and civil rights activists, humorists and hellraisers. The most comprehensive collection of American oratory ever assembled, In Our Own Words includes over 150 speeches, sermons, eulogies, radio broadcasts, courtroom pleas, fireside chats, public tributes, and commencement addresses. Beginning on the eve of the twentieth century, this collection spans the Progressive Era, the Depression, two World Wars, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, Vietnam, feminism, the Reagan years, and the technological revolution, bringing us right up to the threshold of the new millennium, The words of these men and women, known and unknown, challenged the conscience of this country, summoned the nation to wan brought down tyrants, paid homage to fallen heroes, gave a voice to the poor and oppressed, and energized the soul and spirit of America in its most desperate times. To hear the voices of these extraordinary Americans once again or for the first time is to sit in the front row of the history of this century, decade by decade. We find both well-known and little-known speeches by the Roosevelts and the Kennedys, Mark Twain, General George S. Patton, Ronald Reagan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Helen Keller, Billy Graham, Malcolm X, Clarence Darrow, Rachel Carson, Will Rogers, Betty Friedan, Orson Welles, Lou Gehrig, Jane Fonda, Carl Sagan, Jackie Robinson, Charlton Heston, Pearl Buck, Vince Lombardi, Elie Wiesel, and Duke Ellington. Over a hundred more visionaries and villains, leaders and preachers, radicals and revolutionaries tell the story of their age from their bully pulpits and convention halls, their soapboxes and podiums. These are the voices of our nation. No other century could have produced such dramatic oratory. No other collection could have captured it more powerfully., This collection of more than 150 speeches aims to capture the essence of American oration, presented in chronological order from 1900 across a range of themes and experience. The book includes many historically important speeches. This collection of more than 150 speeches aims to capture the essence of American oration, presented in chronological order from 1900 across a range of themes and experience. The book includes many historically important speeches, from the early years of the century and Plunkitt's honest grafy' to Clinton's apology to the American people over'
LC Classification NumberPS661.I53 1999
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