Contributor Allison Ellis is the editor of Finding Our Words: Words That Made America, a collection of some of the most inspiring words spoken by American leaders since our founding, with every speech launched with a prefacing essay by Tracy Lee Simmons, acclaimed journalist and author of Climbing Parnassus. She is also the founder of Mount Titano Media (MTM), which publishes single works and collections of the greatest words ever spoken or written in the fields of history, literature, poetry, philosophy, and politics for the benefit of homeschoolers, schools, colleges, universities, and independent lovers of learning and culture.