History as rhetoric: style, narrative, and persuasion by Ronald H. Carpenter

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As a means to better understanding of the effects of American tradition and culture on our habits of thinking, we plan to cover the historical, social, political and economic concepts which influence our attempts to solve problems. We believe this coverage can best be attained if the students can listen to particularly qualified individuals speak on appropriate subjects.  . a firm yet adaptable set of beliefs that can enlist all possible opposition to the reactionary ideology that glowers at us from Russia.

By any chance do you know where I can find a copy of Colonel Fremont's book? Thank you Mr. Nevins for taking the time to read my letter, and thank you sincerely for all your wonderful books. Thank you especially for bringing to life the very heart and soul of Colonel Fremont. 36 These words of a Ms. Everyman illustrate precisely the role of historians as opinion leaders, for she sought out the "literature of actuality" to find further guidance or reinforcement for ideas and values acquired first from other sources in the vast communication mosaic of society.

That oratorical event (1) corroborated Turner's inclinations as a high-school student, (2) molded his personal sense of style in college, (3) helped shape a conception later known as the Frontier Thesis, and (4) ultimately contributed to the rhetorical impact of that document upon readers. I Portage, Wisconsin, is thirty-seven miles from Madison and the University of Wisconsin. Yet in another sense, Turner's boyhood home was quite a great distance from that cosmopolitan environment. During the formative years of his youth, he observed many facets of frontier life: a hunting party tracking a vicious wolf pack, covered wagons moving through Portage bound for free lands farther west, Indians in town to trade pelts for goods, vigilantes recruited by the sheriff to capture a horse thief, a shootout on the main street of town, and a lynching.

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