Blaisdell, Robert

"Offers a broad selection of the most important documents in American history: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as presidential speeches, Supreme Court decisions, Acts and Declarations of Congress, essays, letters, and more"--Back cover.

Presents the texts of eighty-two speeches by Native Americans, covering a period that ranges from 1540 through the twentieth-century.

A collection of public addresses with hateful connotations that have invoked racism, genocide, terrorism, and other extreme views, and featuring select speeches by Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Joseph R. McCarthy, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Osama bin Laden, and others.

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.

An adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame's tale about the escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

An anthology of memorable speeches spanning the twentieth century, including complete speeches and excerpts from Winston Churchill, Mohandas Gandhi, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, the Dalai Lama, and others.

Retells the stories of the Golden Fleece, the Trojan War, Hercules, and other Greek myths.