Slipping the Surly Bonds: Reagan's Challenger Address

Author:   Mary E. Stuckey
Publisher:   Texas A & M University Press
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9781585445127


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   30 December 2006
Format:   Paperback
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"Millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, watched in horror as the Challenger shuttle capsule exploded on live television on January 28, 1986. Coupled with that awful image in Americans' memory is the face of President Ronald Reagan addressing the public hours later with words that spoke to the nation's shock and mourning. Focusing on the text of Reagan's speech, author Mary Stuckey shows how President Reagan's reputation as """"the Great Communicator"""" adds significance to our understanding of his rhetoric on one of the most momentous occasions of his administration."

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Author:   Mary E. Stuckey
Publisher:   Texas A & M University Press
Imprint:   Texas A & M University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9781585445127


ISBN 10:   1585445126
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   30 December 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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""" . . . an instructive, reasoned, and compelling investigation of the origins, language, and meaning of this speech. It is a permanently useful work . . . written in a comprehensible, even scintillating style.""--Roger Launius, Chair, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum"


The Crew of the Space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the of God.


. . . an instructive, reasoned, and compelling investigation of the origins, language, and meaning of this speech. It is a permanently useful work . . . written in a comprehensible, even scintillating style. --Roger Launius, Chair, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum


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MARY E. STUCKEY, who holds a joint appointment in the political science and communication departments at Georgia State University, is a prolific author on the subject of the presidency and serves as book review editor of the journal Rhetoric and Public Affairs. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.

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