An Address by The Rt. Hon Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain December 26th 1941.
"If my father had been an American, and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own": First edition of Churchill's December 26th 1941 speech delivered before the United States Congress
An Address by The Rt. Hon Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain December 26th 1941.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
$2,000.00
Item Number: 131554
Stamford Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1942.
Rare first edition of Churchill’s historic address delivered before Congress on December 26th 1941. Octavo, original boards. One of on thousand copies printed. In near fine condition.
Most of Churchill's December 26, 1941, speech to Congress was an attempt to summarize the course of the war thus far—from a British viewpoint. His aim was to convince the American public that the wisest plan was to create an effective alliance that could win the war and preserve the peace afterwards. He added that the best war news of all was that “the United States, united as never before, have drawn the sword for freedom and cast away the scabbard.”
