Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, Updated and Expanded Edition |  | Creator: William Safire
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Updated and Expanded Edition
Pages: 1168
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 2.3
ISBN: 0393059316
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.85
EAN: 9780393059311
ASIN: 0393059316
Publication Date: October 17, 2004
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Product Description
The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded—with a new preface on what makes a speech "great." An instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, Lend Me Your Ears contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. This third edition is selected, arranged, and introduced by William Safire, who honed his skills as a presidential speechwriter. He is considered by many to be America's most influential political columnist and most elegant explicator of our language. Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the "Rump Parliament," Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, General George Patton exhorting his troops before D-Day, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking on Bush v. Gore. A new section incorporates speeches that were never delivered: what Kennedy was scheduled to say in Dallas; what Safire wrote for Nixon if the first moon landing met with disaster; and what Clinton originally planned to say after his grand jury testimony but swapped for a much fiercer speech.
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 Excellent April 13, 2009
J. Leewood (Seattle, WA)
I was surprised at how thick this book was when I received it! It's absolutely loaded with speeches, over 200 in all. Speeches are broken down into sections by the type of speech, so if you're looking for something of a particular flavor, you can skim through the section titles to find what you want.
Sections are as follows:
1. Memorials and Patriotic Speeches
2. Revolutions Speeches
3. Tributes
4. Debates
5. Trials
6. Farewell Speeches
7. Sermons
8. Inspirations Speeches
9. Instructional Speeches
10.Social Responsibility
11.Media Speeches
12.Political Speeches
13.Commencements
14.Undelivered Speeches
 Lend Me Your Ears February 25, 2009
John Blessing
Great for all history buffs! I found that reading the full texts of so many famous speeches throughout history was exciting on its own, but also added a valuable perspective to my understanding of the cicumstances in which they were delivered.
Best Speech Compilation - Ever December 15, 2007
TheSpeechwriter (Midland, MI United States)
Safire's collection is, without exception, the best set of speeches out there today. The only competition is Copeland's book and, while Copeland's is more wide-ranging and diverse, Safire reprints the speeches in their entirety. Enormously helpful. Has all of the ones you know should be in there - JFK, MLK, Reagan, Churchill, etc - but also some you wouldn't think of. The beauty of this book is that he prefaces each speech with his own commentary about WHY the speech is special. And, frankly, the introduction, where he opines about the 10 characteristics of a great speech, is worth the hernia you'll get picking up this hefty volume.
Lend me your ears and eyes January 11, 2007
C. E. Allen (New York, NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Over 2000 years of the best speeches imaginable. One can sit for 10 minutes or 3 hours and devour the words of history's greatest men and women. A must for every student, political scientist and would be politician.
 Shame on Norton! Listen to MLK "I have a dream" while reading this book October 2, 2006
sfchris (San Francisco)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
The text they have in the first edition of this book for the "I have a dream" speech so deviates from the actual speech, it leads you to wonder two things: a) what kind of crappy editors are reviewing this stuff? and b) if the MLK speech is so screwed up, can you trust the text they provide of the older speeches that you cannot verify by listening to recordings?
This sucks. I am seriously disappointed by the editors at Norton.
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