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Author Peterson, Houston, 1897-1981.

Title A treasury of the world's great speeches. Each speech prefaced with its dramatic and biographical setting and placed in its full historical perspective.

Publication Info. New York : Simon and Schuster, [1965]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN6121 .P4 1965    Available  ---
 Moore Stacks  PN6121 .P4 1965    Available  ---
Edition Rev and enl. ed.
Description xxix, 866 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Part I. The Ancient World Hebrews - Greeks - Romans -- Part II. The Christian Triumph -- Part III. Renaissance and Reformation -- Part IV. Toward Freedom - American, English, Irish -- Part V. India and the Trial of Warren Hastings -- Part VI. The Federal Consitution -- Part VII: The African Slave Trade -- Part VIII: The French Revolution -- Part IX: Napoleon Over Europe -- Part X: Fire Bells in the Night -- Part XI: Agitation, Reform, and Revolt -- Part XII: A House Divided -- Part XIII: Blood and Iron -- Part XIV: Triumphant Democracy -- Part XV: Race and Empire -- Part XVI: Party Politics and Class Struggle -- Part XVII: The First World War -- Part XVIII: A Sick World -- Part XIX: The Second World War -- Part XX: The Sinews of Peace
Genre/Form Speeches.
Speeches.