American Voices An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators

Subjects:

• Communications » Rhetoric/Speech
• Communications » Political Communications

Reviews:

• This well-researched reference text contains entries for 58 U.S. orators whose differing styles, messages, and abilities provide a good glimpse into the richness of American oratorical culture....American Voices provides an important resource for the study of contemporary U.S. oratory....The depth of research, insight, and references in the volume will impress students, researchers, and teachers alike. American Voices stands as a welcomed addition to the field, and will be a reference source that promises to have staying power.
  —The Review of Communication January 2008
• [F]or the right collection this would make a valuable addition. The biographies could be particularly useful in guiding American studies reading.
  —Reference Reviews January 2007
• [F]ollows the critical moments, issues, and writings of modern American speakers through the decades.
  —MBR Bookwatch November 2005
• This volume is an informative resource and a useful complement to other reference works that cover many of the same individuals but from different angles. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin December 15, 2005
• This unique reference examines more than 50 contemporary speakers from the 1960s to the present in terms of style, substance, and ability to shape American thought. All U.S. presidents since 1960 are included, as well as legendary orators such as Martin Luther King, Jr.; Wilma Mankiller; Billy Graham, Jr.; Ralph Nader; and Thurgood Marshall. More contemporary names include Christine Todd Whitman, Sandra Day OConnor, Larry Kramer, and Donald Rumsfeld....Portions of key speeches are discussed in terms of purpose and effectiveness. Well-known speeches such as Caesar Chavezs El Plan de Delano and Hillary Rodham Clintons It Takes a Village can be found in the comprehensive index by phrase or subject matter. Lists of official Web sites, selected critical studies in periodicals and books, and a chronology of major speeches follow each essay. This volume will aid history classes, debate clubs, and public-speaking forums.
  —School Library Journal December 2005
• More than 50 alphabetical essays ranging in length from five to eight pages examine the orators' speeches, styles, and contributions to political and social life. A useful introduction defines oratory, reiterates the rich history of rhetoric, and discusses the effects of television, radio, and the web on the success or failure of these speeches....Compared with former presidential speechwriter William Safire's Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, which is arranged by theme and subject, American Voices goes into greater depth in appraisal of the speakers' skill, effectiveness, and historical contribution. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries and students of rhetoric and public speaking.
  —Library Journal 11/15/2005
• Duffy and Leeman have compiled a collection of essays representing American orators since 1960....The 50 signed entries include every president since John F. Kennedy, politicians, activists, and jurists; despite its selective content the editors have made an admirable effort to represent all backgrounds. The introduction defines the coverage and discusses how the Internet, radio, and television have influenced rhetoric. Each essay includes a brief biography and examines key speeches made by each orator, complete with the events surrounding the speech and rhetorical analysis. Bibliographies accompanying each entry are among the strengths of this work. Information about research collections, collected speeches, biographical works, critical studies, and a chronology of the major speeches can be found in most entries. Primary sources, Web sites, books, magazines, and journal articles are among the many referenced entries. The accompanying bibliographic essay provides general sources on oratory and rhetoric that can be used by students and critics alike. This title will be useful for courses in public speaking and rhetoric, American history, and political science. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers.
  —Choice 2/1/2006

Table of Contents:

• Preface
  Introduction
  John D. Ashcroft by Harry Hellenbrand
  Elizabeth M. Birch by Shawn Parry-Giles and Jason Edward Black
  Patrick J. Buchanan by C. Brant Short
  George Herbert Walker Bush by Craig R. Smith
  George Walker Bush by Richard E. Vatz
  Robert Carlyle Byrd by William D. Pederson and Sina K. Nazemi
  Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Toure) by Robert E. Terrill
  James Earl Carter by Richard W. Leeman
  Cesar Estrada Chavez by John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen
  Ward L. Churchill by Catherine H. Palczewski Randall A. Lake
  Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton by Karrin Vasby Anderson
  William Jefferson Clinton by Stephen A. Smith
  Mario Matthew Cuomo by Mary Anne Trasciatti
  Thomas Andrew Daschle by Troy A. Murphy
  Angela Yvonne Davis by Cindy L. Griffin
  Alan Dershowitz by R. John DeSanto and Daniel A. Grano
  Elizabeth Hanford Dole by Nichola Gutgold
  Marian Wright Edelman by Beth Waggenspack
  Jocelyn Elders by Lorraine D. Jackson
  Jerry Falwell by Paul Stob and Charles Conrad
  Louis Abdul Farrakhan by Mark Lawrence McPhail
  Gerald Rudolph Ford by Herman Stelzner, revised by Charles Ottinger
  Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. by David Hoffman
  William "Billy" Graham, Jr. by Hal W. Fulmer and Jennifer L. Young
  Anita Faye Hill by Vanessa B. Beasley
  Jesse Louis Jackson by David B. McLennan
  Lyndon Baines Johnson by David Zarefsky
  Sonia Johnson by Karen A. Foss
  Barbara Charline Jordan by Carl Burgchardt
  Edward Moore Kennedy by William D. Pederson
  John Fitzgerald Kennedy by Theodore O. Windt, Jr., revised and edited by Steven Goldzwig
  Robert Francis Kennedy by Steven R. Goldzwig and Patricia A. Sullivan
  John F. Kerry by Bernard K. Duffy and Marilyn DeLaure
  Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marilyn DeLaure and Bernard K. Duffy
  Larry Kramer by Charles E. Morris
  Winona LaDuke by Dayle C. Hardy-Short and C. Brant Short
  Audre Geraldine Lorde by Lester C. Olson
  Wilma Mankiller by Christopher Skiles
  Thurgood Marshall by Stephen A. Smith
  William (Bill) Paul McCartney by Jennifer L. Young
  Russell Means by Randall A. Lake and Catherine H. Palczewski
  Harvey Bernard Milk by Karen A. Foss
  Ralph Nader by Steven Goldzwig and Patricia Sullivan
  Richard Milhous Nixon by Celeste M. Condit and Shannon Holland
  Samuel Augustus Nunn by Edward M. Panetta
  Sandra Day O'Conner by Janice Schuetz
  H. Ross Perot by Mari Boor Tonn and Valerie A. Endress
  Colin Luther Powell by Richard W. Leeman
  Ronald Wilson Reagan by Ronald H. Carpenter and Windy Y. Lawrence
  Janet Reno by Janice Schuetz
  Donald Rumsfeld by Gordon Stables
  Antonin Scalia by Catherine Langford
  Al Sharpton by Daniel A. Grano
  Gloria Steinem by Lisa Shawn Hogan
  George Wallace by Andrew King
  Alyce Faye Wattleton by Lorraine D. Jackson
  Christine Todd Whitman by Kristina Sheeler
  Malcolm X by Thomas W. Benson
  Bibliographic Essay by Alan Razee
  Contributors

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