Fort Morgan Public Library

A readable analysis of 25 momentous presidential speeches that provides context and understanding of events and history, illustrated with facsimiles of supporting documents, notes, and drafts that together formed the final speech. The book examines the pivotal, often familiar, and potent speeches and addresses of dozens of U.S. presidents to reveal the varied and often conflicting points of view that shaped the final famous words. We see in many...

Contains 180 notable speeches by the forty Presidents of the United States.

Presents highlights of eight addresses from Gerald Ford's presidency, including his pardon of Richard Nixon, and from the 2001 Profiles in Courage Award ceremony.

Includes 2 CDs (compact discs) with the voices of the presidents since Benjamin Harrison and a reading of the first presidential speech of George Washington.