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Review - By These Words
Famous documents from U.S. history with brief accounts of the setting.
Reviewed by Roger on 1999-12-16 08:40:55
By These Wordsby Paul M. Angle | |
| Category: |
"U.S. History - Political" |
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| Pages: | 408 |
| Year of Publication: | 1954 |
| Date Read: | 12/15/1996 |
| Notes: | In this book, Paul M. Angle, one of the country's foremost historians, presents the most important of our historical documents as they should be read — against a vivid, stage-setting narrative that recreates the scene in which each paper was born, describes the people who were there, explains why the document came into being. From the simple, two-paragraph Mayflower Compact drawn up by the Pilgrims in 1620 to the stirring Inaugural Address delivered by President Eisenhower in 1953, BY THESE WORDS presents and interprets the vital writings and speeches which have marked more than three centuries of American thought and progress. — Amazon |
| My Rating: | 8 |