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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... Vote 277 The Ballad of John Henry 285 Home on the Range 287 I've Been Working on the Railroad 288 HELEN HUNT JACKSON : A Century of Dishonor 290 FREDERICK DOUGLASS : Speech at the National 295 Convention of Colored Men EMMA LAZARUS ...
... voting members . The covenant entered into on that November day on a ship at anchor in the wilderness harbor established the basis for self - government and the rule of law in the new land . I in the name of God Amen . We whose names ...
... votes , and the House of Representatives chose Jefferson as president . Jefferson wrote that the Declaration of Independence was " an appeal to the tribunal of the world . The principles embodied in the declaration have resounded ...