NPR's OnPoint discuss the relevance of Franklin in a time of credit/debt crisis. http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/02/20080206_b_main.asp
JFK's inaugural speech and text http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm
Christopher Walken reading "The Raven" http://www.ojai.net/swanson/theraven.htm
Detailed article comparing the novel to the actual troop actions in the Battle of Chancellorsville http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CRANE/chancellorsville/section2.html