The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationThe 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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... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data The American reader : words that moved a nation / edited by Diane Ravitch.— Revised 2nd ed . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-06-273733-3 1. United States ...
... Congress 417 GEORGE NORRIS : Against Entry into the War 422 GEORGE M. COHAN : Over There 426 IRVING BERLIN : Oh , How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning 427 The Marines ' Hymn 429 EDMUND L. GRUBER : The Field Artillery Song 430 CARL ...
... : Freedom 479 JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE , JR .: High Flight 485 CHARLES A. ZIMMERMAN : Anchors Aweigh 487 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT : The Four Freedoms 488 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT : War Message to Congress Poems of Contents xiii.
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT : War Message to Congress Poems of the Issei ROBERT CRAWFORD : The Army Air Corps 492 494 496 FRANK LOESSER : Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition 497 LEARNED HAND ...
... Congress . He was also a member of the committee with Thomas Jefferson that wrote the Declaration of Independence . Adams was the first vice - president of the United States and was then elected president ( 1797-1801 ) ; he was defeated ...