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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... Society 243 244 250 252 254 256 257 259 261 263 265 266 267 AFTER THE CIVIL WAR FRANCIS MILES FINCH : The Blue and the Gray 275 SUSAN B. ANTHONY : Women's Right to Vote 277 The Ballad of John Henry 285 Home on the Range 287 I've Been ...
... society , the power of persuasion is a necessary ingredient of social change , but it is also a necessary ingredient of the traditions by which we live . As our society has evolved , articulate men and women have emerged to advocate ...
... society could join freely and agree to govern themselves by making laws for the common good . On November 11 , 1620 , after sixty - six days at sea , the sailing ship Mayflower approached land . On board were 102 passengers . Their ...
... society be involved in tumult and in blood .... YANKEE DOODLE The tune and some stanzas of " Yankee Doodle " were familiar in the British colonies long before the Revolution . Even before the 1770s , British troops sang " Yankee Doodle ...