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    Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
    Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
    Famous Slogans and Catchphrases in American History
    'By necessity, by proclivity, by delight,'' Ralph Waldo Emerson said in 1876, ''we all quote.'' But often the phrases that fall most readily from our collective lips - like ''fire when ready,'' ''speak softly and carry a big stick,'' or ''nice guys finish last'' - are those whose origins and true meanings we have ceased to consider. Restoring three - dimensionality to more than fifty of these American sayings, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too turns clich s back into history by telling the life stories of the words that have served as our most powerful battle cries, rallying points, laments, and inspirations. In individual entries on slogans and catchphrases from the early seventeenth to the late twentieth century, Jan Van Meter reveals that each one is a living, malleable entity that has profoundly shaped and continues to influence our public culture. From John Winthrop's ''We shall be as a city upon a hill'' and the 1840 Log Cabin Campaign's ''Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'' to Martin Luther King Jr.'s ''I have a dream'' and Ronald Reagan's ''Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,'' each of Van Meter's selections emerges as a memory device for a larger political or cultural story. Taken together in Van Meter's able hands, these famous slogans and catchphrases give voice to our common history even as we argue about where it should lead us.
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    Book Author
    Jan R. Van Meter
    Genre Reference
    Binding
    PERFECT BINDING (PAPERBACK)
    Format
    Large Print 16 Pt Edition (Standard Large Print)
    ISBN
    9781459627390
    Publisher
    University of Chicago Press
    Age Range
    General
    Approximate delivery

    Up to 20 business days (?)

    Publication Date
    22-Aug-2011

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