Each a Mighty Voice: A Century of Speeches from the Commonwealth Club of California - Hardcover

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9781890771874: Each a Mighty Voice: A Century of Speeches from the Commonwealth Club of California

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1890771872 ISBN 13: 9781890771874

Publisher: Heyday Books, 2004

The Commonwealth Club, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, has hosted presidents, national and world leaders, policymakers, leading lights in the arts and sciences and countless celebrities, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt in 1911. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you have likely heard of The Commonwealth Club of California from its radio broadcasts, which are now carried on more than two hundred commercial and public radio stations, reaching half a million people weekly throughout the country.

Heyday Books is proud to present this centennial collection of speeches delivered at The Commonwealth Club.

Rich with ideas, sweeping in scope, _Each a Mighty Voice_ immerses you in the anguish, excitement, and fears of the last century: not as history, but as present tense.

Especially important in this election year, _Each a Mighty Voice_ lets the reader get past the sound bites and take a real lesson in civic leadership––not from a partisan pundit, political maven, or policy wonk, but from our leaders themselves. Here are the ideas that have shaped our century, and the words that have brought us here.

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About the Author:

Steven Boyd Saum serves as editor-in-chief for The Commonwealth Club of California. He previously served in the Peace Corps, directed the Fulbright program, and hosted a radio show in Ukraine. His writing has appeared in the "Christian Science Monitor," Salon.com, "Kenyon Review," and other publications.

Review:

"...In a political atmosphere polluted by bias... and bellicosity, The Commonwealth Club stands as a beacon of openness..." -- Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist and author

"...[This book] will show those who don't already know why the Club is a national treasure." -- Michael Beschloss, historian and author

"A unique compilation of speeches with great relevance for the challenges we face today..." -- Senator Richard G. Lugar, Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

"If Martians...wanted to find out what life was like in the twentieth century, this would be the treatise..." -- Mickey Hart, percussionist and music preservationist

"_Each a Mighty Voice_ should be required reading for every political candidate, public spokesperson, and business leader..." -- Amy Tan, author of _The Joy Luck Club_, _The Kitchen God's Wife_, and _The Thousand Secret Senses_

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