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Give Me Liberty: Speakers and Speeches that Have Shaped America by Christopher L. Webber
Give Me Liberty: Speakers and Speeches that Have Shaped America by Christopher L. Webber
"Give me Liberty," demanded Patrick Henry, "or give me death!" Henry's words continue to echo over the course of American history, and that quote -- and the speech it comes from -- remains one of the two or three known to almost every American. Other speeches that have become part of our American collective consciousness, from those given by Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, and more -- all have one theme in common: liberty. These feats of oration seem to trace the evolution of America's definition of liberty, and to whom it applies. But what exactly is liberty?
It is a term open to a broad range of opinion, and questions about freedom continue to arise almost daily in the news and in everyday life. In Christopher Webber's insightful new book, he looks at these great speeches and provides us with nuanced historical context, focusing particular attention on these fascinating individuals who summed up the issues of their day in words that have never been forgotten. Give Me Liberty gleans lessons from the past centuries that will allow us to continue to strive for the ideals of liberty in the twenty-first century.
Pegasus Books, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2014
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.