Landmark American Speeches: The 17th & 18th Centuries

Landmark American Speeches is a collection of outstanding American eloquence, plainly spoken public words, that allows readers to hear from those unforgettable men and women who have made our history. The first volume of this collection, Landmark American Speeches: The 17th and 18th Centuries, presents twenty-three timeless speeches. Each speech is placed in its correct historic context by a complete biography of the speaker, a history of the speech, and a bibliography of the event.