The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents: Revised and Updated

by John Gabriel Hunt

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." These words from John F. Kennedy's immortal inaugural address may be read in full context in this up-to-date... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517187272
• ISBN13: 9780517187272
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Gramercy Books
• Length: 527 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

See what the Presidents were thinking.

The Presidents' Inaugurals are worth reading. There are few similarities between them. Some recount history. Some are long, some are short. Some are eloquent while others use plain language. Some give specific policy proposals while others focus on the big picture. It is interesting to see what the Presidents wanted the country to focus on. It is also interesting to compare their predictions to what actually occurred. It is interesting that Warren G. Harding and Jimmy Carter both quoted from the same Old Testament passage in the book of Micah.

accessing to american history...

'The Inaugural Address of the Preidents' is one of the few nonficton books I've read. I read it not wanting to be one-sided regarding books(most books I have read are fiction), and trying to get a clearer image on the presidents I have not known well. This book, besides the inaugural addresses, has a short writing about the president in each election. The inaugural address may be just an address, but it also showed the differing view of values of each presidents, while sketching the hitory of america, if briefly. I'm not an american, and so the vocabulary was a little hard for me, and it is of course not what you would call a fun book but all in all, it was a thumbs up.