Book reviews

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Prologue to Revolution: The War Sermons of the Reverend Samuel Davies. By Barbara A. Larson. Falls Church, Va.: Speech Communication Association, 1978; pp. vii + 55. $4.50; SCA members, $3.95. The American Revolution and the Rhetoric of History. By Ronald F. Reid. Falls Church, Va.: Speech Communication Association, 1978; pp. vi + 129. $5.75; SCA members, $4.95. The American Ideology: Reflections of the Revolution in American Rhetoric. By Kurt W. Ritter and James R. Andrews. Falls Church, Va.: Speech Communication Association, 1978; pp. vii + 124. $5.75; SCA members, $4.95. Political Communication and Public Opinion in America. By Dan Nimmo. Santa Monica, Cal.: Goodyear Publishing Co., 1978; pp. xiii + 465. $13.95; paper, $9.95. Male/Female Language: With a Comprehensive Bibliography. By Mary Ritchie Key. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975; pp. vii + 200. $7.00. Sex Differences in Human Communication. By Barbara West‐brook Eakins and R. Gene Eakins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978; pp. xi + 217. $5.95. Assessing Functional Communication. By Carl Larson, Phil Backlund, Mark Redmond, and Alton Barbour. Falls Church, Va.: Speech Communication Association and ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, 1978; pp. viii + 152. $5.00; SCA members, $4.50.