From The Presidents:
BEST WRITERS AND SPEAKERS – WEEK 40
- JEFFERSON—A GREAT WRITER, A POOR SPEAKER
- LINCOLN EDITS BEAUTIFULLY—THE INAUGURAL’S LAST PARAGRAPH
- ANDREW JOHNSON’S DRUNKEN PERFORMANCE—THE WORST (VICE-) PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN AMERICAN HISTORY?
- THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U.S. GRANT
- HARRY TRUMAN—FROM A BAD READER TO A SPONTANEOUS HELL-RAISER
- JOHN F. KENNEDY’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES WRITER: THEODORE SORENSEN
- THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENTAL WRITER
From The Civil War:
AN ALL-CONSUMING BATTLE (1863)
- INTRODUCTION
- DAY 1 – STONES RIVER, TENNESSEE— ENEMIES SING TOGETHER IN THE NIGHT AND BUTCHER EACH OTHER IN THE MORNING
- DAY 2 – A BRUTAL WINTER CAMP
- DAY 3 – CORNELIA MCDONALD LOSES A CHRISTMAS TURKEY AND FIGHTS FOR HER HOME
- DAY 4 – CHANCELLORSVILLE I
- DAY 5 – CHANCELLORSVILLE II— LEE’S GREATEST VICTORY AND HIS GREATEST LOSS
- DAY 6 – GENERAL “STONEWALL” JACKSON FADES AWAY
- DAY 7 – GENERAL THOMAS “STONEWALL” JACKSON
