| Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century Green Edition Contributor(s): Blaisdell, Bob (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486474674 ISBN-13: 9780486474670 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $5.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2011 Annotation: A great speech can stir the soul and inspire a nation. This compact and affordable anthology gathers complete speeches and selected excerpts from memorable addresses by Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Fulton J. Sheen, Barbara Jordan, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell, the Dalai Lama, Tony Blair, and many others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 808.85 |
| LCCN: 2009042826 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8.2" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A great speech can stir the soul -- and move a nation. This compact and affordable anthology gathers complete speeches and selected excerpts from some of the twentieth century's most memorable addresses. Writers and speakers in search of memorable quotations will appreciate this collection, as will any reader seeking historical wisdom and inspiration. Featured speakers include Winston Churchill, rousing the British to defend their lives and homes against the Nazis; Mohandas Gandhi, advocating non-violent resistance to deplorable living conditions; and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, calming the nation's fears during the Great Depression. Additional orations include those of Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Elie Wiesel, the Dalai Lama, C sar Ch vez, and many others. Includes three selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940, I Have a Dream, and Remarks to the Senate in Support of a Declaration of Conscience. |