From every region of the United States, from ages four to 18, kids talk to President Obama about their hopes, fears, and dreams, and their boundless excitement about the historic election that took place during their young lives.
本书收录了富兰克林,华盛顿,洛克菲勒,马克·吐温等45位杰出的美国人写给孩子的信.这些人曾在政治,军事,科学,文学,艺术等领域有着不凡的贡献,言行本身对后世有着深远的影响.
ROXIE LEE MCCARTY to BETTY FORD Marion , Illinois · June 1976 I N AN AGE WHEN WE CAN ENJOY INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION with anyone , anytime , anywhere , it's hard to remember the excitement with which Americans in the 1970s embraced ...
Thomas Jefferson ...... ..32 ... 90 ..91 Good Deeds Dwight D. Eisenhower ..... .219 .... 146 Holidays Ulysses S. Grant .... Homesickness Dwight L. Moody ........ Hope Winston Churchill .... .152 .183 Love Thomas “ Stonewall ” Jackson ...
It wastes time. If I were the president, you wouldn't have to pay rent. When you go to the store, you wouldn't have to pay for sure! I'd also say to war: no more, no more, no more! Catherine Galvan, age 6, Chicago
An anthology of the words and accomplishments of America's founders offers lessons in courage, civility, honesty, and other virtues and values
Dear Mr. President presents a delirious potpourri of 87 letters, written by people from all walks of life, from children to the working man to the very famous.
Other People's Mail: Letters of Men and Women of Letters