28 Great Inaugural Addresses: From Washington to Reagan (Dover Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486446212 ISBN 13: 9780486446219

Publisher: Dover Pubns, 2009

Synopsis

Many of the U.S. presidents' inaugural addresses have provided windows into the presidency and the state of the nation. The voices of sixteen presidents are preserved in this collection of great inaugural addresses — from George Washington's somber comments in 1789 and Abraham Lincoln's noteworthy addresses attempting to bind the nation together, to John F. Kennedy's stirring "Ask not what your country can do for you" and Ronald Reagan's 1981 speech stating his political mission.
Compelling, powerful and often inspiring, these seminal remarks also include the words of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Richard Nixon.
Ideal for political studies, this valuable reference will appeal to everyone interested in American history.

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Many of the U.S. presidents' inaugural addresses have provided windows into the presidency and the state of the nation. The voices of sixteen presidents are preserved in this collection of great inaugural addresses from George Washington's somber comments in 1789 and Abraham Lincoln's noteworthy addresses attempting to bind the nation together, to John F. Kennedy's stirring "Ask not what your country can do for you" and Ronald Reagan's 1981 speech stating his political mission.
Compelling, powerful, and often inspiring, these seminal remarks also include the words of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Richard Nixon.
Ideal for political studies, this valuable reference will appeal to everyone interested in American history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Pubns
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486446212
• ISBN 13: 9780486446219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 119
• Editor: Grafton John, Daley James