Words of a Century: The Top 100 American Speeches, 1900-1999

by Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst

Book Overview

Boldly breaking the mold of previous anthologies, Words of a Century: The Top 100 American Speeches, 1900-1999 contains the complete--and authentic--texts of the best American speeches of the twentieth century as delivered to their immediate audiences. It features a remarkable array of speakers, from Woodrow Wilson, Clarence Darrow, and Carrie Chapman Catt to Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Barbara Jordan.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195168054
• ISBN13: 9780195168051
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.1"