In a classic case of failing to see the forest for the trees, Jensen, a homiletics professor and author of two works on narrative preaching, says that preachers tend to…

This fictionalized history presents an adventurous exploration of North Americas early fur trade, revealed through a story of life on the frontier.

This two-part study first surveys Darrow’s life and rhetoric and then provides authoritative texts of his important speeches along with a complete speech chronology. Jensen documents the creation and enlargement…

Examining the liberal movements of the era as well as those that opposed them, this volume offers analyses of the rhetoric of leaders, including those of the civil rights movement…

Richard Jensen offers a new interpretation of the last 180 years of American political history–one seen from the grass roots perspective. The second half of the book is a collection…

An indefatigable speaker, writer and organizer, Cesar Chavez developed a well-thought-out approach to his rhetorical discourse. This volume is a thorough examination of how Chavez developed his speeches and writings…

Fueled by films and TV series such as Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers and popular books by Stephen Ambrose and Tom Brokaw, interest in World War II has…

The authors, both of whom have extensive backgrounds in philosophy and psychology, present balanced critical analyses of crucial developments in, for example, the evolution of the Freudian notion of the…