Author: Other Langer, Howard
Hardback; Book; Photographs
480 pages
Published: March 2002
Greenwood Press
ISBN: 0313308837

American thought is traced from the pre-Columbus explorers to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by encompassing and juxtaposing the words of politicians, generals, Native Americans, ethnic minorities, women, labor representatives, and slaves.The prism of America - its diversity of peoples, its myriad points of view - is examined in this compendium of historical quotations. There are quotations from over 350 individuals, taken from a variety of sources - speeches, interviews, editorials, letters, jokes, songs and eyewitness accounts.