Bibliograph

Lend me your ears, great speeches in history, selected and introduced by William Safire

Type

Label

Lend me your ears, great speeches in history, selected and introduced by William Safire

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lend me your ears

Oclc number

55633632

Responsibility statement

selected and introduced by William Safire

Sub title

great speeches in history

Summary

A compendium of more than two hundred classic and modern speeches includes Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, George Patton exhorting his D-Day troops, King Edward VIII abdicating his throne, and the never-delivered speech John F. Kennedy was scheduled to give in Dallas

Table Of Contents

Memorials and patriotic speeches -- War and revolution speeches -- Tributes and eulogies -- Debates and argumentation -- Trials -- Gallows and farewell speeches -- Sermons -- Inspirational speeches -- Lectures and instructive speeches -- Speeches of social responsibility -- Media speeches -- Political speeches -- Commencement speeches -- Undelivered speeches

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