Speechmakers & writers
By: David Haugen, book editor.
Contributors: Haugen, David M., 1969-
Series: Voices from the American Revolution
Publisher: Blackbirch Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Orators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Juvenile literature.; Orators.; Revolutionaries.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.; Sources; Personal narratives.; Biography.
Other titles: Speechmakers and writers
Description: In addition to being a contest of arms, the U.S. Revolutionary War was a battle of words from which came many important documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, portions of ten of which are presented here.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.