eulogies

'Following the 2015 mass shooting that took nine lives in a historic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Obama sang "Amazing Grace" to a grieving congregation and nation. Inspired by the event, songwriter Zoe Mulford wrote a song called "The president sang amazing grace."' This picture book features the lyrics of this song and the paintings by filmmaker Jeff Scher, originally created for a short film for the song, performed by Joan Baez. -- front book flap.

"A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen. In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique stature as a polemicist and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He knew everybody, hosted everybody at his East 73rd Street maisonette, skewered everybody who needed skewering, and in general lived life on a scale, and in a swashbuckling manner, that captivated and inspired countless young conservatives across that half-century. Among all of his distinctions, which include founding the conservative magazine National Review and serving as host on the long running talk show Firing Line, Buckley was a master of that most elusive of art forms: the eulogy. Buckley drew on his unrivaled gifts in what he liked to call 'the controversial arts' to mourn, celebrate, or seek eternal mercy for the men and women who touched his life and the nation; to conjure their personalities, recall memorable moments, herald their greatness; or to remind readers of why a given individual, even with the grace that death can uniquely confer, should be remembered as evil. At all points, these remembrances reflect Buckley's singular voice, with its elegant touch and mordant humor, and lend to the lives of the departed a final tribute consistent with their own careers, lives, and accomplishments. Of the more than 200 eulogies located in Buckley's vast archive of published works, A Torch Kept Lit collects the very best, those remembering the most consequential lives (Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan), the most famous to today's readers (Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jacqueline Onassis, Princess Diana), those who loomed largest in the conservative movement (Milton Friedman, Russell Kirk), the most accomplished in the literary world (Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, William Shawn), the most mysterious (Soviet spy Alger Hiss, CIA spymaster Richard Helms), and those most dear to WFB (his wife and parents)"--.

A collection of eulogies covering the stories and lives of eighteenth- and twentieth-century Americans as well as some well known international tributes. Includes eulogies such as Thomas Jefferson's tribute for George Washington; Adlai Stevenson's words about Eleanor Roosevelt; and Helen Keller's tribute to Mark Twain.

A collection of essays in which well-known American writers reflect on and eulogize the works and lives of other writers.

Reprints the eulogies delivered at the funerals and memorial services of sixty-four celebrities, including artists, scientists, authors, public servants, entertainers, and others.

An anthology of essays, letters, poems, speeches, and other tributes offered as eulogies for the famous and obscure, focusing on eighteenth- to twentieth-century Americans, and including Carl Sandburg's words about Abraham Lincoln, and Erma Bombeck's insights into the grief of mothers who have lost a child.

A collection of eulogies celebrating the lives and achievements of some of the most famous figures of the twentieth century, including Bette Davis, Bob Hope, Coretta Scott King, Judy Garland, Walt Disney, Princess Diana, and Fred Rogers.