TY - BOOK AU - McCullough,David G AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. AU - McCullough,David G. TI - The American spirit: who we are and what we stand for SN - 9781501174216 : AV - E169.1 .M4972 2017 U1 - 973 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - American national characteristics KW - sears KW - American speeches N1 - Simon Willard's clock -- Civilization and the city -- The spirit of Jefferson -- Which way forward -- The animating spirit -- The lessons of history -- What's essential is invisible -- The first to reside here -- History lost and found -- The bulwark of freedom -- Knowing who we are -- The ties that bind -- The love of learning -- The summons to serve -- A building like no other N2 - Collects some of the author's speeches delivered throughout the course of his career that celebrate distinctly American principles and characteristics ER -