Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities > History
|
Not currently available
Strong Voices - Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing (Hardcover, Abridged edition)
Loot Price: R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
You Save: R69
(20%)
|
|
Strong Voices - Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing (Hardcover, Abridged edition)
(sign in to rate)
List price R345
Loot Price R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
You Save R69 (20%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a
collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the
reins of power and those who didn't, at significant times in
American history. Read the original words-sometimes abridged and
sometimes in their entirety-that have shaped our cultural fabric. A
Chicago Public Library Best Book! "A wide-ranging collection of
speeches and a worthwhile resource for students of American
history." -Booklist "A golden celebration of the multicultural
voices who demand the U.S.-and the world-do better." -Kirkus "An
important addition to American history collections." -School
Library Journal Introductions by acclaimed writer Tonya Bolden
provide historical context and critical insights to the meaning and
impact of every speech. Illustrations by award-winning artist Eric
Velasquez illuminate what it was really like at each moment in
history. This collection includes the following: Patrick Henry,
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" George Washington, Farewell
Address Red Jacket, "We Never Quarrel about Religion" Frederick
Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Sojourner
Truth, "I Am a Woman's Rights" Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizenship in a Republic" Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself" Lou
Gehrig, "Farewell to Baseball" Langston Hughes, "On the Blacklist
All Our Lives" John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "We Choose to Go to the
Moon" Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" Fannie Lou Hamer,
"I Question America" Cesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club
of California, 1984 Hillary Rodham Clinton, "Women's Rights Are
Human Rights" Strong Voices includes a foreword by #1 New York
Times bestselling author and celebrated journalist Cokie Roberts,
as well as a timeline in the back of the book, along with letters
to the reader from Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez. Strong Voices
is a tremendous introduction to the extraordinary words spoken in
history.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
Buy 2 Kids' Reads, Get An Extra 20% Off
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.