# Help me find a book - Great Speeches **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-book-great-speeches/154874 "2003-02-13T18:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-book-great-speeches/154874/1 "2003-02-13T18:22:25Z")
I was in Border’s a month ago, looking for the Straight Dope books. The computer on-site said it was stocked in the Trivia section. They weren’t. I still can’t find them. Anyway, that’s not the point. Right next to the Trivia section is the Speeches/Public Speaking section. One title caught my eye, which I almost (should have) bought. It was a compilation of history’s great speeches, fictional and non-fictional. It was compiled in chronological order, which is the key here.\* When I finally decided I needed to buy that book, it was gone. And since I can’t remember the name of it, I’m having a dicken’s of a time trying to find it. \*Why? Because everything else I’ve found on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) and in other bookstores has been compiled by subject, like [this book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486409031/qid=1045159987/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-4088430-2188911?v=glance&s=books). The one in question had a couple of speeches from the Bible, which I found quite interesting. It ran right up to the 20th Century, and included a Hillary Clinton speech as well. Help! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-book-great-speeches/154874/2 "2003-02-13T23:01:31Z")
Perhaps "The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches " [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140176195/104-5581858-1187957?v=glance&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140176195/104-5581858-1187957?v=glance&s=books) or World’s Great Speeches [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486409031/104-5581858-1187957?v=glance&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486409031/104-5581858-1187957?v=glance&s=books) But, the Tables of Contents don’t seem to indicate a Hillary Clinton speech. Hmmmm… Back to the salt mines. -Myron ---
**Author:** ![Jberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jberto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jberto)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-book-great-speeches/154874/3 "2003-02-22T07:33:52Z")
Not the bookyou’re looking for, but “Great American Speeches” edited by Gregory R. Suriano (Gramercy Books, 1993, ISBN 0-517-09117-8) has a chronological listing of historic American speeches. Could be of some interest to you.