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020 _a9781433110290
040 _cCUS
082 _a328.73092
_bKAT/E
100 _aKatula, Richard A.
245 4 _aThe eloquence of Edward Everett: America's greatest orator/
_cRichard A. Katula
260 _aNew York:
_bPeter Lang,
_c2010.
300 _axii, 166 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _aEdward 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.
650 _aMassachusetts
650 _aPolitics and government
650 _aOrators
942 _cWB16