The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

<em>The American Reader</em> is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse.&#160; The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance.&#160; These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by.&#160; Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character.</p>