The Pamphleteer

During colonial times in America, if you wanted to convince or inform people about some issue that you considered important, you went to the local printer and got some pamphlets printed. You then handed them out, read them to anybody that was interested, nailed them to the town bulletin board, or the nearest tree. The first amendment was specifically written to protect this type of activity and the writers or "pamphleteers".

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
 
The Refdesk Sites of the Day are:

I Hear America Singing

"I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear," wrote Walt Whitman
in a poem celebrating the American spirit - adventuresome, strong, and
inclusive. This Web site invites visitors to experience the diversity of
American performing arts through the Library of Congress's unsurpassed
collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, maps,
and other materials.

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Wired for Books

For many years, most of the best writers of the English language found their way
to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. The one-on-one interviews typically
lasted 30 to 45 minutes and then had to be edited down to a two minute radio
show. Wired for Books is proud to make these important oral documents publicly
available for the first time in their entirety. Listen to the voices of many of
the greatest writers of the twentieth century.

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