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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Runner-up for the 2013 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, PEN American Center" Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at the New Yorker. Her books include The Mansion of Happiness, The Whites of Their Eyes (Princeton), and Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin.
From celebrated writer Jill Lepore, a literary and political history of American...
Language
English
Description
This concise collection of primary sources presents the story of US History as told by dissenters who, throughout the course of American history, have fought to gain rights they believed were denied to them or others, or who disagreed with the government or majority opinion. nbsp; Each document is introduced by placing it in its historical context, and thought-provoking questions are provided to focus the student when s/he reads the text. Instructors...
Author
Series
National Archives publication ; 70-13
Publisher
National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Service
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
19) The essential American: a patriot's resource : 25 documents and speeches every American should own
Publisher
Regnery Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Compiled by syndicated columnist Jackie Gingrich Cushman and featuring a foreword by her father bestselling author and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, this is the ultimate patriot's resource. Featuring well-known and lesser-known documents and speeches, as well as bonus material, included are : the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution; Daniel Webster's Plymouth oration; Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address; Douglas MacArthur's...
