The American Spirit
Subtitle: Who We Are and What We Stand For
By: speeches by David McCullough
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781501174216
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: American National characteristics; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Work titles: Speeches
Description: Collects some of the author's speeches delivered throughout the course of his career that celebrate distinctly American principles and characteristics.
Table of contents: title: Simon Willard's clock; title: Civilization and the city; title: The spirit of Jefferson; title: Which way forward; title: The animating spirit; title: The lessons of history; title: What's essential is invisible; title: The first to reside here; title: History lost and found; title: The bulwark of freedom; title: Knowing who we are; title: The ties that bind; title: The love of learning; title: The summons to serve; title: A building like no other.