| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
4 audio discs (4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
040000 |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Read by the author. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Summary |
Collects some of the author's speeches delivered throughout the course of his career that celebrate distinctly American principles and characteristics. At a time of self-reflection in America following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, these speeches by David McCullough remind listeners who they are as a people and what they stand for, to help them find their way forward. |
| Contents |
Simon Willard's clock -- Civilization and the city -- The spirit of Jefferson -- Which way forward -- The animating spirit -- The lessons of history -- What's essential is invisible -- The first to reside here -- History lost and found -- The bulwark of freedom -- Knowing who we are -- The ties that bind -- The love of learning -- The summons to serve -- A building like no other. |
| Subject |
McCullough, David G. -- Oratory.
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National characteristics, American.
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United States -- Civilization.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
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United States -- History.
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Group values (Sociology) -- United States.
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Group values (Sociology) (OCoLC)fst01749533
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National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American. (OCoLC)fst01129325
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Speeches.
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Audiobooks.
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Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Standard No. |
9781508238706 |
| ISBN |
9781508238706 |
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1508238707 |
| Music No. |
DD31845 Recorded Books |
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