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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... University Address 593 ROBERT F. KENNEDY : On the Death of 597 Martin Luther King , Jr. ABELARDO DELGADO : Stupid America 600 AMERICAN IDEAS WALLACE STEGNER : The Wilderness Idea 603 RONALD REAGAN : Speech at Moscow State University 605 ...
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... University , holds the Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution , and is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute . A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of many awards , she is also the author of the recent book Left ...