Nonfiction

Readings

"Swimming to Antarctica" by Lynne Cox (textbook)

ESPN: "Hell in High Waters"

"Touch the Top of the World" by Erik Weihenmayer (textbook)

Erik's website

"Man in the Water" by Roger Rosenblatt

Full text of essay

"The 30 Year Anniversary of the Crash of Air Florida Flight 90" from The Washington Post

"Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant" by Mark Twain (textbook)

Full text

"The Dog That Bit People" by James Thurber

Full text

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Full Text

Ronald Reagan Challenger Speech

Full Text