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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... fact , I received numerous letters from readers who told me that they did employ the book in this fashion and that they shared it with their children before bedtime or after din- ner . Many teachers , particularly those who teach ...
... This wanton exercise of this power is not a chimerical suggestion of a heated brain . I will mention some facts . Mr. Pew had one of these writs , and when Mr. Ware succeeded him , he indorsed this Colonial Days and the Revolution 21.
... Facts be submitted to a candid world . He has refused his Assent to Laws , the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.— He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance , unless suspended in ...