American Voices: A Collection of Documents, Speeches, Essays, Hymns, Poems, and Short Stories from American History

From John Smith’s 1616 description of the New World to George W. Bush’s address to the American people after 9/11; from the poems of the seventeenth century to the hymns of the twentieth; from John Winthrop to Martin Luther King Jr. American Voices takes you on a fascinating journey through history in the words of Americans whose voices still speak today.