Undelivered : the never-heard speeches that would have rewritten history /
A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path. For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have b...
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New York :
Flatiron Books,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Words that are too hot
- John Lewis on the march on Washington, August 1963: ensuring that multiple speeches fit the moment
- Wamsutta Frank James on the 350th anniversary of the pilgrims landing at Plymouth rock, September 1970: the five elements found in every persuasive speech
- Part 2: a change of mind, a change of heart
- Emma Goldman at her sentencing, October 1893, and Helen Keller at the suffrage parade, March 1913: the power of speech to move people to action
- President Richard Nixon's refusal to resign, August 1974: the precarious position of the speechwriter
- Mayor Kevin White on school busing, December 1974: the rhetorical technique of litany
- Part 3: crisis/crisis averted
- Edward VIII's refusal to abdicate the throne, December 1936: writing for public figures about their private lives
- New York City mayor Abe Beame declares bankruptcy, October 1975: the risks and rewards of Sherman statements
- Part 4: the fog of war, the path to peace
- Dwight Eisenhower's apology for the failure of the D-day invasion, June 1944: the language of leadership
- Emperor Hirohito apologizes for world war II, 1948: dog whistles, chameleons, and apologies
- President Kennedy on the military operation that destroyed the nuclear weapons buildup in Cuba, October 1962: the mysteries of speech authorship
- Part 5: the people choose
- Illinois governor John Peter Altgeld's farewell address following his defeat in the 1896 election, January 1897: The value of a soundbite
- Hillary Clinton's 2016 victory speech, why we venerate the ritual of concession
- Part 6: events intervene
- The remarks Condoleezza Rice had intended to give on the Bush administration's foreign policy, September 11, 2001: The process of constructing a speech
- Barry Jenkins's best picture remarks for Moonlight, February 2017: the power of story
- Last words: Pope Pius XI, JFK, FDR, Einstein and their unfinished prophecies of peace, various years.