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An anthology that celebrates America in poetry, song, prose, and story features selections by Whitman, Emerson, Longfellow, W.E.B. DuBois, Thomas Paine, and Abraham Lincoln
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ibrary presents America, the fifth in its series of anthologies, following Christmas Classics, Mothers, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw, and Love. This original collection features classic songs, poems, stories, speeches, and extracts from works that have helped define America--the nation and the people--and establish its national character.
America begins with the Compact the Mayflower pilgrims made before landing at Plymouth Rock, then sets out across the succeeding centuries to present a few of the great moments in American history as captured in words. From the thrill of "Paul Revere's Ride" to the wonders described in the journals of Lewis and Clark, from the political fire of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience and the drama of Frederick Douglass's narrative of slavery to the lyricism and power of the "Battle-Hymn of the Republic," this is a collection that reaches deep into the history of America and the fabr
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- VerlagModern Library
- Erscheinungsdatum1999
- ISBN 10 0375753818
- ISBN 13 9780375753817
- EinbandTapa blanda
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten221
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