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March 26, 2017 | Government

By James C. Humes,Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Presidents and Their Pens: the tale of White condo Speechwriters explores 23 presidencies throughout the exact research of speeches together with Lincoln’s Gettysburg deal with, Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” speech, Eisenhower’s farewell to the kingdom, and invoice Clinton’s compassionate phrases within the wake of tragedy. Confidant and wordsmith to 5 Republican presidents (Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush), professor of language and famous historian James C. Humes tells how and why presidential speeches have marked milestones in our nation’s historical past, from Washington via Obama. Readers will learn the way FDR introduced down the home with humor, how “Give ‘em hell” Harry Truman deliberate his Whistle-Stop excursions, and the way Ronald Reagan defied his advisors to make heritage on the Berlin Wall. proposing tales of greatness in addition to tragically unfulfilled promise, Presidents and Their Pens additionally gains an creation via writer and historian Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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