The Colonial Idiom

by Gordon L. Thomas

Book Overview

In The Colonial Idiom, David Potter and Gordon L. Thomas have selected representative and important speeches and exhortations delivered by famous Americans from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

To a much greater extent than realized, public speaking and dispu­tation were important features of daily life in Colonial America, because with the printing presses turning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809304317
• ISBN13: 9780809304318
• Release Date: September 1970
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"