In today’s complicated world, it is sometimes hard to know what constitutes being an American.
This book was created to help us relearn all that is important about America, by reading the very words of those individuals who have collectively made our country great. Inside this volume you will find classic words by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and Abraham Lincoln, as well as more modern contributions by John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush.
This volume also contains all the inaugural addresses of every single American president, as well as the entire Federalist Papers of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, and the complete Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
SPECIAL 2010 UPDATED KINDLE EDITION: NEWLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SPEECH BY SARAH PALIN, LIKELY US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND AUTHOR OF GOING ROGUE AND AMERICA BY HEART
In November 2006, Sarah Palin was elected as the first female and youngest governor of the US State of Alaska. She was the mayor of the city of Wasilla, Alaska from 1996 to 2002. She had also been a member of Wasilla City Council from 1992 to 1996 and chairman of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004. Sarah Palin, a running mate of Senator John McCain, was the Republican Party's first female vice-presidential nominee.
Sarah Palin was born into a Roman Catholic family. Her family joined a Pentecostal church, Assembly of God, that she attended until 2002. She later joined Wasilla Bible Church because according to her they offered children's ministries.
Palin was a member of the Wasilla City Council from 1992 to 1996. She was elected twice but could not complete her second term, as she ran for the city's mayor elections in 1996, which she eventually won. She was the Mayor of the city of Wasilla for three consecutive terms. One interesting fact about her first year in the office of mayor was that she kept a box in which the names of all Wasilla residents were put. Every week she would pick out a name, call the person and ask about the functioning of the city. This act of her's earned her respect and popularity among the people of Wasilla. On December 4, 2006, she became the governor of Alaska. She has done a lot for the state - most important being the development of oil and natural gas resources.
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