Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
Choice
Publisher
American Library Association
Volume
44
Issue
8
First page number:
1
Abstract
Ted Widmer (director, John Carter Brown Library; speechwriter, Clinton administration) has selected significant familiar examples of political oratory for this two-volume set. The first volume covers the Revolution to the Civil War, and includes selections from the expected Founding Fathers as well as leaders in the antislavery, women's rights, and labor movements.
Keywords
Books — Reviews; Political oratory; United States
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Other History | Speech and Rhetorical Studies | United States History
Language
English
Repository Citation
Finley, P.
(2007).
American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War and Political Oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton.
Choice, 44(8),
1.
American Library Association.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/278
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