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Slipping the surly bonds : Reagan's Challenger address / Mary E. Stuckey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stuckey, Mary E.
- Series:
- Library of presidential rhetoric.
- Library of presidential rhetoric
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space vehicle accidents--United States.
- Space vehicle accidents.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
- Discourse analysis--United States.
- Discourse analysis.
- Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents.
- Challenger (Spacecraft).
- Reagan, Ronald--Oratory.
- Reagan, Ronald.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Millions of Americans watched in shock and horror as the Challenger shuttle capsule exploded on live television in 1986. Stuckey analyzes the text of the speech given by Reagan, one of the most significant of his presidency, just hours after this tragedy.
- Contents:
- The problem of the Challenger address
- Racing into space : from Sputnik to Challenger
- Writing the Challenger address
- The memory of Challenger.
- Notes:
- Appendix includes text of Reagan's address.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [112]-136) and index.
- Contains:
- United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan). Remarks at the memorial service for the crew of the space shuttle Challenger.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05379-3
- 1-60344-559-5
- OCLC:
- 636788822
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