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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... wrote a sixteen - pamphlet sequence , The American Crisis , published between 1776 and 1783. He signed the pamphlets " Common Sense . " The first of these , with its rousing call to fight for freedom , was issued on December 23 , 1776 ...
... wrote " Liberty Tree , " a patriotic song that was printed in July 1775 , in the Pennsylvania Magazine : or American Monthly Museum ; the poem was signed " Atlanticus , " a pseudo- nym that Paine often used . The " Liberty Tree " was ...
... wrote letters to family and friends , describing the life about her . Not only did she defend women's rights , but she opposed slavery . On March 31 , 1776 , Abigail Adams wrote to her husband while the Continental Congress was ...