Words That Ring Through Time: From Moses and Pericles to Obama, Fifty-one of the Most Important Speeches in History and How They Changed Our World - Rilegato

Golway, Terry

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ISBN 10: 1590202317 ISBN 13: 9781590202319

Casa editrice: Overlook Pr, 2009

Riassunto

The fifty most important speeches of all time: their context, history, and meaning for our world

The speeches remembered by history are rarely remembered in context; but it was almost always the context, not the speech itself, that made each address so significant. Terry Golway has selected fifty speeches that changed the world through the sheer power of their oratory. From Moses to Mandela and others from across time and around the world, Golway's selections are each illuminated with an insightful essay setting the speech squarely in its historical contexts and detailing its impact and consequences. In doing so, Golway allows us to fully understand their importance and effect.

Including speeches from Jesus, Mohammed, Cicero, Pericles, Cromwell, Washington, Pope Urban II, John Winthrop, Kennedy, Emperor Hirohito, Barbara Jordan, Ho Chi Minh, Khrushchev, Robespierre, Patrick Henry, Queen Elizabeth I, Reagan, Mandela, FDR, Hitler, Churchill, Barack Obama and many more, this book is an historic achievement. Much more than a reference, it is a series of windows into our past presented by a gifted storyteller.

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L'autore:

Terry Golway is a frequent contributor to American Heritage, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times. His previous books include So That Others Might Live, The Irish in America, For the Cause of Liberty, Irish Rebel, Washington's General, Fellow Citizens, and Let Every Nation Know. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.

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Book by Golway Terry

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• Editore: Overlook Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1590202317
• ISBN 13: 9781590202319
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416