The great American speech

the long version

The land of the free and home of the brave, America is also the country in which this truth is supposedly self-evident: that we are all equal. It may not seem so at first, but there is a startling gap between these two visions of America, one more evident in today's fiercely partisan politics that pit free enterprise against social justice. In this fascinating look at America's most memorable speeches-which have become monuments in national memory-Stephen Fender explores the ways American speechcraft has kept alive a dream of equality and cooperation in the face of economic forces that have fa.