TY - BOOK AU - Katula, Richard A. TI - The eloquence of Edward Everett: America's greatest orator SN - 9781433110290 U1 - 328.73092 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Massachusetts KW - Politics and government KW - Orators N1 - Edward Everett : an American life -- Edward Everett : a full life, well lived -- Remembering Edward Everett -- Edward Everett's place in history -- Edward Everett : orator and statesman -- The golden age of American oratory -- A culture built on oratory -- Edward Everett and the golden age of American oratory -- The education of an orator in the 19th century -- Other influences on Edward Everett's oratory -- Edward Everett : the Cicero of America -- The eloquence of Edward Everett -- The circumstances favorable to the progress of literature, in America, August 26, 1824 -- The Seven Years War; The school of the Revolution, July 4, 1833 -- Eulogy on John Quincy Adams, April 15, 1848 -- The character of Washington, 1856-1860 -- The eloquence of Edward Everett : the road to Gettysburg -- The fittest man in the nation speaks at Gettysburg -- Edward Everett and the Civil War -- Everett's fame as orator -- Everett's oration at Gettysburg -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The demonstrative speeches of Edward Everett, 1815-1865 ER -