U.S. Presidents as Orators

HALFORD RYAN, Professor of English and Public Speaking at Washington and Lee University, is well known for his many books and articles dealing with presidential rhetoric and the history and criticism of American public address. His recent works published by Greenwood Press include The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents (1993), American Orators of the Twentieth Century: Critical Studies and Sources (1987), American Orators Before 1900: Critical Studies and Sources (1987) coedited with Bernard Duffy, Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric (1992), Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rhetorical Presidency (1988), and Oratorical Encounters: Selected Studies and Sources on Twentieth Century Political Accusations and Apologies (1988). He also serves as Adviser for Greenwood's Great American Orators Series.

• AcknowledgmentsAn Introduction to Presidential OratoryU.S. Presidents as OratorsGeorge Washington by Stephen E. Lucas and Susan ZaeskeJohn Adams by James M. FarrellThomas Jefferson by Daniel Ross ChandlerJames Madison by Lois J. EinhornJohn Quincy Adams by Sean Patrick O'RourkeAndrew Jackson by Thomas M. LesslAbraham Lincoln by Lois J. EinhornTheodore Roosevelt by Robert V. FriedenbergWoodrow Wilson by J. Michael Hogan and James R. AndrewsHerbert Clark Hoover by Carl R. BurgchardtFranklin Delano Roosevelt by Halford RyanHarry S. Truman by Halford RyanDwight D. Eisenhower by Martin J. MedhurstJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy by Vito N. SilvestriLyndon Baines Johnson by Kenneth S. ZagackiRichard Milhous Nixon by Hal W. BochinGerald R. Ford by Craig Allen SmithJimmy Carter by Dan F. Hahn and Halford RyanRonald Reagan by Kurt RitterGeorge Herbert Walker Bush by Craig R. SmithBill Clinton by Stephen C. Wood and Jean M. DeWittIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors