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Speak to me : great American texts demystified for today's text-messaging students /
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| Author |
Howe, Randy.
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| Call Number |
j973 HOW |
| Publisher |
New York : Kaplan, |
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Subject
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Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Title Statement |
Speak to me : great American texts demystified for today's text-messaging students / by Randy Howe. |
| Description |
xiii, 225 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
The Mayflower Compact -- Introduction to Thomas Paine's Common sense, third edition -- The Declaration of Independence -- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution -- The Bill of Rights -- Excerpt from Marbury v. Madison -- "The Star-spangled banner" -- Excerpt from the Monroe Doctrine -- Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Gettysburg Address -- Excerpt from Mark Twain's The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Excerpt from Upton Sinclair's The jungle -- Excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education -- President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address -- President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate. |
| Summary |
Presents sixteen documents important to the history and politics of the United States, from the Mayflower Compact to Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate, and explains their meaning and historical importance. |
| ISBN |
9781419595493 (pbk.) |
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1419595490 (pbk.) |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1104670 |
