The American Reader
Words that Moved a Nation
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2010
656 pages
978-0-06-203510-3 (ISBN)
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The American Reader is a stirring anthology that celebrates our diverse and multifaceted culture in prose and verse. Through the years, these words have inspired, delighted, chastened and sometimes enraged the citizens of the United States.
The two hundred poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents in this volume were chosen both for their literary excellence and historical significance. Inspiring and eloquent, these classic writings reflect the part that all Americans have played in creating the nation's character. Diane Ravitch, a historian of education, is a research professor at New York University, holds the Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution, and is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of many awards, she is also the author of Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms. "The American Reader is a splendid collection of the words and sentiments that have shaped our nation. It belongs in every American home." - E. D. Hirsch, author of Cultural LiteracyAll prices
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Diane Ravitch, a historian of education, is Research Professor at New York University, holds Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution, and is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of many awards, she is also the author of the recent book Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- COLONIAL DAYS AND THE REVOLUTION
- THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
- WILLIAM BRADFORD: THE LANDING
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: LIST OF VIRTUES
- ANDREW HAMILTON: DEFENSE OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
- JAMES OTIS: A DEMAND TO LIMIT SEARCH AND SEIZURE
- YANKEE DOODLE
- JOHN ADAMS: LIBERTY AND KNOWLEDGE
- JOHN DICKINSON: THE LIBERTY SONG
- CHIEF LOGAN'S LAMENT
- THE SLAVES' APPEAL TO THE ROYAL GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
- PATRICK HENRY: SPEECH TO THE SECOND VIRGINIA CONVENTION
- THOMAS JEFFERSON: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- THOMAS JEFFERSON: A BILL FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIRGINIA
- THOMAS PAINE: COMMON SENSE
- THOMAS PAINE: THE AMERICAN CRISIS
- THOMAS PAINE: LIBERTY TREE
- ABIGAIL ADAMS: CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOHN
- J. HECTOR ST. JOHN: DE CRÈVECOEUR: LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON: THE FEDERALIST, NO. 1
- THE NEW NATION
- GEORGE WASHINGTON: FAREWELL ADDRESS
- JOSEPH HOPKINSON: HAIL, COLUMBIA
- THOMAS JEFFERSON: FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- FRANCIS SCOTT KEY: THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
- SAMUEL WOODWORTH: THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET
- JOHN HOWARD PAYNE: HOME, SWEET HOME
- CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE: A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
- FRANCES WRIGHT: THE MEANING OF PATRIOTISM IN AMERICA
- DANIEL WEBSTER: AGAINST NULLIFICATION
- GEORGE PERKINS MORRIS: WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS AND OLD IRONSIDES
- SAMUEL F. SMITH: AMERICA
- ANTEBELLUM AMERICA REFORM AND EXPANSION
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON: CONCORD HYMN
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON: SELF-RELIANCE
- ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
- COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE OCEAN
- EDGAR ALLAN POE: THE RAVEN
- HENRY WADSWORTH: LONGFELLOW A PSALM OF LIFE, THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH AND PAUL REVERE'S RIDE
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU: WALDEN
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: THE BAREFOOT BOY
- THOMAS CORWIN: AGAINST THE MEXICAN WAR
- HORACE MANN: THE CASE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SENECA FALLS DECLARATION OF: SENTIMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS
- SOJOURNER TRUTH: ADDRESS TO THE OHIO: WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
- STEPHEN FOSTER: OH! SUSANNA AND OLD FOLKS AT HOME
- ELIZABETH CADY STANTON: ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW: YORK ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- LUCY STONE: A DISAPPOINTED WOMAN
- EMILY DICKINSON: SUCCESS
- PRELUDE TO WAR
- DAVID WALKER: WALKER'S APPEAL
- WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON: PROSPECTUS FOR THE LIBERATOR
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: STANZAS FOR THE TIMES
- THEODORE S. WRIGHT: PREJUDICE AGAINST THE COLORED MAN
- ANGELINA GRIMKÉ: BEARING WITNESS AGAINST SLAVERY
- HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET: AN ADDRESS TO THE SLAVES OF THE: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: THE PRESENT CRISIS
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS: INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: AT ROCHESTER
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE HOUSE DIVIDED SPEECH
- THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
- JOHN BROWN: LAST STATEMENT TO THE COURT
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE COOPER UNION SPEECH
- GO DOWN, MOSES
- THE CIVIL WAR
- DANIEL DECATUR EMMETT: DIXIE
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- HARRY MACARTHY: THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG
- JAMES RYDER RANDALL: MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND
- GEORGE F. ROOT: BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
- THE JOHN BROWN SONG
- JULIA WARD HOWE: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER: BARBARA FRIETCHIE
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- WALT WHITMAN: I HEAR AMERICA SINGING AND O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS: SPEECH TO THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
- AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
- FRANCIS MILES FINCH: THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY: WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE
- THE BALLAD OF JOHN HENRY
- HOME ON THE RANGE
- I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
- HELEN HUNT JACKSON: A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS: SPEECH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION: OF COLORED MEN
- EMMA LAZARUS: THE NEW COLOSSUS
- CLEMENTINE
- ERNEST LAWRENCE THAYER: CASEY AT THE BAT
- JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY: WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUN KIN
- PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT
- SAMUEL GOMPERS: WHAT DOES THE WORKING MAN WANT?
- THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- JOHN MUIR: THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA
- ELLA WHEELER WILCOX: SOLITUDE
- KATHARINE LEE BATES: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
- EUGENE FIELD: LITTLE BOY BLUE
- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION ADDRESS
- JOHN HOPE: REPLY TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
- JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN: DISSENT FROM PLESSY V. FERGUSON
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT: IN PRAISE OF THE STRENUOUS LIFE
- GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR: AGAINST IMPERIALISM
- JOSÉ DE DIEGO: NO
- THE PROGRESSIVE AGE
- ELIZABETH CADY STANTONTHE SOLITUDE OF SELF
- CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMANWOMEN AND ECONOMICS
- EDWIN MARKHAMTHE MAN WITH THE HOE
- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AND: J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON: LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING
- M. CAREY THOMAS: SHOULD HIGHER EDUCATION: FOR WOMEN DIFFER?
- JACOB A. RIIS: THE BATTLE WITH THE SLUM
- CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT: PREJUDICE AGAINST WOMEN
- W. E. B. DU BOIS: THE TALENTED TENTH
- W. E. B. DU BOIS: ADVICE TO A BLACK SCHOOLGIRL
- THE NIAGARA MOVEMENT: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
- ALBERT VON TILZER AND: JACK NORWORTH: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
- JOE HILL: THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE
- JOYCE KILMER: TREES
- WOODROW WILSON: THE NEW FREEDOM
- WILLIAM MONROE TROTTER: PROTEST TO PRESIDENT WILSON
- CALVIN COOLIDGE: STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
- EDGAR LEE MASTERS: ANNE RUTLEDGE
- ROBERT FROST: MENDING WALL
- ROBERT FROST: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN: AND FIRE AND ICE
- ALICE DUER MILLER: EVOLUTION
- CARL SANDBURG: CHICAGO
- RALPH CHAPLIN: SOLIDARITY FOREVER
- WORLD WAR I AND AFTER
- VACHEL LINDSAY: ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT: AND THE LEADEN-EYED
- ALFRED BRYAN AND: AL PIANTADOSI: I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER
- ALAN SEEGER: I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH
- WOODROW WILSON: WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
- GEORGE NORRIS: AGAINST ENTRY INTO THE WAR
- GEORGE M. COHAN: OVER THERE
- IRVING BERLIN: OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP: IN THE MORNING
- THE MARINES' HYMN
- EDMUND L. GRUBER: THE FIELD ARTILLERY SONG
- CARL SANDBURG: GRASS
- EUGENE VICTOR DEBS: STATEMENT TO THE COURT
- MARGARET SANGER: THE RIGHT TO ONE'S BODY
- EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY: FIRST FIG
- POEMS OF ANGEL ISLAND
- YOUNG HILL KANG: A KOREAN DISCOVERS NEW YORK
- STEPHEN VINCENT BENÉT: AMERICAN NAMES
- CLAUDE MCKAY: AMERICA
- COUNTEE CULLEN: YET DO I MARVEL
- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON: O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS
- LANGSTON HUGHES: THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS AND: I, TOO
- HERBERT HOOVER: THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF: SELF-GOVERNMENT
- THE DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II
- MILTON AGER AND JACK YELLEN: HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- E. Y. HARBURG AND JAY GORNEY: BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
- WOODY GUTHRIE: UNION MAID AND SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH (DUSTY OLD DUST)
- FLORENCE REECE: WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
- ALFRED HAYES: I DREAMED I SAW JOE HILL LAST NIGHT
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: FDR AT THE DAR
- IRVING BERLIN: GOD BLESS AMERICA AND: THIS IS THE ARMY, MR. JONES
- WOODY GUTHRIE: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
- E. B. WHITE: FREEDOM
- JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE, JR.: HIGH FLIGHT
- CHARLES A. ZIMMERMAN: ANCHORS AWEIGH
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: THE FOUR FREEDOMS
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
- POEMS OF THE ISSEI
- ROBERT CRAWFORD: THE ARMY AIR CORPS
- FRANK LOESSER: PRAISE THE LORD AND: PASS THE AMMUNITION
- LEARNED HAND: THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
- KARL SHAPIRO: ELEGY FOR A DEAD SOLDIER
- AFTER WORLD WAR II
- BERNARD BARUCH: THE BARUCH PLAN FOR CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
- DAVID LILIENTHAL: CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
- HUBERT HUMPHREY: A PLEA FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
- HARRY S. TRUMAN: INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- MARGARET CHASE SMITH: DECLARATION OF CONSCIENCE
- WILLIAM FAULKNER: NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
- LOUIS SIMPSON: THE SILENT GENERATION
- LANGSTON HUGHES: REFUGEE IN AMERICA AND HARLEM
- BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: FAREWELL ADDRESS
- HY ZARET AND LOU SINGER: IT COULD BE A WONDERFUL WORLD
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR: DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY
- THE '60S
- JOHN F. KENNEDY: INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- PETE SEEGER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
- NEWTON MINOW: ADDRESS TO THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
- TOM HAYDEN: THE PORT HURON STATEMENT
- ED MCCURDY: LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM
- RACHEL CARSON: SILENT SPRING
- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL
- JOHN F. KENNEDY: SPEECH AT THE BERLIN WALL
- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
- WE SHALL OVERCOME
- O FREEDOM
- LEE HAYS AND PETE SEEGER: IF I HAD A HAMMER
- BOB DYLAN: BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
- DUDLEY RANDALL: BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM
- BETTY FRIEDAN: THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
- MALVINA REYNOLDS: LITTLE BOXES
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON: HOWARD UNIVERSITY ADDRESS
- ROBERT F. KENNEDY: ON THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
- ABELARDO DELGADO: STUPID AMERICA
- AMERICAN IDEAS
- WALLACE STEGNER: THE WILDERNESS IDEA
- RONALD REAGAN: SPEECH AT MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
- THEODORE H. WHITE: THE AMERICAN IDEA
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- AUTHOR INDEX
- COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- COPYRIGHT
- ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
