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Speech and Communication: Great Speeches in History

Books in Library

American Public Addresses: 1740-1952 by Baird, Albert Craig
Call Number: PS662 .B27
In Our Own Words by Robert G. Torricelli; Andrew Carroll (Editor); Doris Kearns Goodwin (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS661 .I53 1999
ISBN: 1568362919
Publication Date: 1999-11-10
Landmark American Speeches by Maureen Harrison (Editor); Steve Gilbert (Editor)
Call Number: PS662 .L36 2001
ISBN: 188078016X
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Treasury of the World's Great Speeches: Each Speech Prefaced with its Dramatic and Biographical Setting and Placed in its Full Historical Perspective by Peterson, Houston
Call Number: PN6121 .P4 1965

Web Resources

Famous Speeches in History
Great video and audio clips of famous speeches available via the History Channel website.
Great Speeches
Hundreds of speeches available through Learn Out Loud website.
Inspirational and Historical Speeches
Listing of inspirational, historical, and culturally-significant speeches available online.
Presidential Speeches
Speeches from Presidents George Washington through George W. Bush.
Social Justice and Human Rights Speeches