Great Speeches
- ISBN-10
- 0486408949
- ISBN-13
- 9780486408941
- Series
- Great Speeches
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-05-14
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Authors
- John Grafton, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Description
Includes 27 masterly speeches: First Inaugural Address, message to Congress after Pearl Harbor ("a day that will live in infamy"), Fireside Chats, Fourth Inaugural Address, many more. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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