Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

By Sam Leith

Book Overview

"An entertaining history of great oratory" (New Yorker) and a primer to rhetoric's key techniques Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465031056
• ISBN13: 9780465031054
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher