Orators of the American Revolution.
By: By E.L. Magoon.
Publisher: Baker and Scribner
Published: 1848
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Orators -- United States -- Biography; Oratory -- United States; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography
Table of contents: title: The battle-fields of early American eloquence.; title: James Otis, orator of intrepid passion.; title: Samuel Adams, last of the Puritans.; title: Josiah Quincy, orator of refined enthusiasm.; title: John Hancock, dignified cavalier of liberty.; title: Joseph Warren, type of our martial eloquence.; title: John Adams, orator of blended enthusiasm and sobriety.; title: Patriotic piety of '76.; title: Patrick Henry, the incarnation of revolutionary zeal.; title: Richard Henry Lee, the polished statesman.; title: Alexander Hamilton, the master of political sagacity.; title: Fisher Ames, orator of genius and elaborate beauty.; title: William Pinkney, the accomplished counsellor.; title: William Wirt, the elegant advocate.; title: Thomas Addis Emmet, the orator of deep feeling.; title: John Randolph, the impersonation of sarcasm.