The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot / Edition 1

by Stephen E. Lucas

Overview

Here, collected in an elegant volume, is the authoritative selection of Washington's thoughts and observations culled from his public and private correspondence. As we read his comments on subjects as diverse as government, foreign policy, religious freedom, friendship, character, and relations between the sexes, we find that his words are often as applicable to our own time as they were to his.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780945612667
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Edition description:	GIFT
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	722,912
Product dimensions:	5.68(w) x 9.54(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

An eminent scholar of the history of American political rhetoric, Stephen E. Lucas is professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Portents of Rebellion: Rhetoric and Revolution in Philadelphia, 1765-1776, which received the Golden Anniversary Award of the National Communication Association, and The Art of Public Speaking, which is the leading book on its subject at colleges and universities across the United States. He has also published widely on the Declaration of Independence, as well as on the importance of George Washington's speeches and writings in his military and presidential careers.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 George Washington Chronology Chapter 3 Quotations Chapter 4 Index

Editorial Reviews

Lucas (communication arts, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) has combed through Washington's public discourse and private correspondence and pulled pearls from the pen of a man not known for words. Most are a sentence long, and they are arranged alphabetically by titles Lucas created. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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