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Presidential speechwriting : from the New Deal to the Reagan revolution and beyond / edited by Kurt Ritter and Martin J. Medhurst. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2003. - 1 online resource (x, 231 pages). - - Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 7 . - Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 7. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presidential speechwriting : ten myths that plague modern scholarship / Martin J. Medhurst -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt : rhetorical politics and political rhetorics / Halford Ryan -- Harry S. Truman : from whistle-stops to the halls of congress / Diana B. Carlin -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : the 1954 state of the union address as a case study in presidential speechwriting / Charles J.G. Griffin -- John F. Kennedy : presidential speechwriting as rhetorical collaboration / Theodore O. Windt, Jr. -- Lyndon B. Johnson : from private deliberations to public declaration : the making of LBJ's renunciation speech / Moya Ann Ball -- Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford : lessons on speechwriting / Craig R. Smith -- Jimmy Carter : the language of politics and the practice of integrity / John H. Patton -- Ronald Reagan's bully pulpit : creating a rhetoric of values / William K. Muir, Jr. -- Enduring issues in presidential speechwriting / Martin J. Medhurst.

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Annotation. The chapters in this book (two by former White House speechwriters) give insight into the process of presidential speechwriting, from Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to Ronald Reagan's.


Electronic reproduction.
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HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.


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ISBN: 1585449849 (electronic bk.) 9781585449842 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) 9781603445740 (e-book) 1603445749 1585443921 9781585443925

Standard No.: 9781585443925

Source: Title subscribed to via ProQuest Academic Complete

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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA626202 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 000024053224 AU

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--History--United States--20th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Political oratory--History--United States--20th century.
Speechwriting--History--United States--20th century.
Speechwriters--United States--Biography.
English language--Rhetoric.--United States
Présidents--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Discours politique--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Éloquence politique--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Discours--Rédaction--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Rédacteurs de discours--États-Unis--Biographies.
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique.--États-Unis
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Public Speaking.
English language--Rhetoric.
Political oratory.
Politics and government
Presidents.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
Speechwriters.
Speechwriting.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1945-1989.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: E176.1 / .P896 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 808.5/1/088351