Lend Me Your Ears

Great Speeches in History

William Safire

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Norton
08 January 2010

Prose: non-fiction; Reference works; History

Series: Revised Edition

An instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, Lend Me Your Ears contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. This third edition is selected, arranged, and introduced by William Safire, who honed his skills as a presidential speechwriter. He is considered by many to be America's most influential political columnist and most elegant explicator of our language. Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the ""Rump Parliament,"" Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, General George Patton exhorting his troops before D-Day, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking on Bush v. Gore. A new section incorporates speeches that were never delivered: what Kennedy was scheduled to say in Dallas; what Safire wrote for Nixon if the first moon landing met with disaster; and what Clinton originally planned to say after his grand jury testimony but swapped for a much fiercer speech.

Edited by: William Safire
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 56mm
Weight: 1.520kg
ISBN: 9780393059311
ISBN 10: 0393059316
Series: Revised Edition
Pages: 1200
Publication Date: 08 January 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

WILLIAM SAFIRE won the Pulitzer Prize as a political columnist for The New York Times. He is considered by many to be America's most influential political columnist.

Reviews for Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History

""This is the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart... My fellow Americans, Safire is a gem."" -- Peggy Noonan ""A wonderful book."" -- David Brinkley ""A collection of diverse and stimulating historical and contemporary speeches that will prove a godsend to the student and a windfall to the librarian... Nothing less than comprehensive."" -- Library Journal ""To teach and to please, some Greek once advised, is the function of great rhetoric, and Safire has put together [a] volume that embod[ies] those functions and their power."" -- Booklist