Books by Marlene B. Vallin

This work opens with an assessment of Mark Twain as a great American orator and then appraises his rhetoric, lectures and occasional speeches, and summarises his impact on his listeners. It shows how he used humour and varying styles to achieve his effects.

The selected speeches of Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine made throughout her 32 year career in the U.S. Congress are critically analyzed in this rhetorical study. Thus this work will be of interest to students and scholars of U.S. politics, communications, and women's studies.