The eloquence of Edward Everett
Subtitle: America's greatest orator
By: Richard A. Katula.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781433110290
Subjects: Everett, Edward, -- 1794-1865; Everett, Edward, -- 1794-1865 -- Oratory; United States. -- Congress -- Biography; Orators -- United States -- Biography; Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Governors -- Massachusetts -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Edward Everett : an American life; title: Edward Everett : a full life, well lived; title: Remembering Edward Everett; title: Edward Everett's place in history; title: Edward Everett : orator and statesman; title: The golden age of American oratory; title: A culture built on oratory; title: The eloquence of Edward Everett; title: Edward Everett and the golden age of American oratory; title: The education of an orator in the 19th century; title: Other influences on Edward Everett's oratory; title: Edward Everett : the Cicero of America; title: The eloquence of Edward Everett; title: The circumstances favorable to the progress of literature, in America, August 26, 1824; title: The Seven Years War; The school of the Revolution, July 4, 1833; title: Eulogy on John Quincy Adams, April 15, 1848; title: The character of Washington, 1856-1860; title: The eloquence of Edward Everett : the road to Gettysburg; title: The fittest man in the nation speaks at Gettysburg; title: Edward Everett and the Civil War; title: Everett's fame as orator; title: Everett's oration at Gettysburg; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix A: The demonstrative speeches of Edward Everett, 1815-1865.