The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 5. 9. 2000 - Počet stran: 656 The 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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... Side Are You On ? 471 ALFRED HAYES : I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night 472 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT : FDR at the DAR 474 IRVING BERLIN : God Bless America 476 IRVING BERLIN : This Is the Army , Mr. Jones 477 WOODY GUTHRIE : This Land ...
... side , the revolutionary army reversed its policy . Some 5,000 African Americans , both slave and free , fought in the Amer- ican army . Many gained their freedom as a result of wartime service , and thou- sands of others escaped from ...
... sides , and was briefly imprisoned by the English . He sailed for Europe in 1780 and arranged for publication in London of his essays on American life . For several years he served as the French consul in New York , returning to France ...