Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

by Sam Leith

Book Overview

"An entertaining history of great oratory" (New Yorker) and a primer to rhetoric's key techniques Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465031056
• ISBN13: 9780465031054
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher