The Quotable George Washington
The Wisdom of an American Patriot
Our nation's first president is not usually thought of as a man of words. Unlike the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials in the nation's capital, the Washington monument is inscribed with no words for the benefit of posterity. Yet Washington was keenly aware of the power and importance of language. From the time of his entrance into the public arena at the age of twenty to his death forty-seven years later, he produced a steady stream of letters, reports, memoranda, addresses, messages, and speeches designed to express his views and to persuade people to them. Here, collected in an elegant volume, is the authoritative selection of Washington's th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-945612-66-7
- EAN: 9780945612667
- Produktnummer: 1510838
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 130 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.1 cm 366 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 366
Über den Autor
An eminent scholar of the history of American political rhetoric, Stephen E. Lucas is professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Portents of Rebellion: Rhetoric and Revolution in Philadelphia, 1765-1776, which received the Golden Anniversary Award of the National Communication Association, and The Art of Public Speaking, which is the leading book on its subject at colleges and universities across the United States. He has also published widely on the Declaration of Independence, as well as on the importance of George Washington's speeches and writings in his military and presidential careers.
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