America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song - Hardcover

Sherr, Lynn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586480855 ISBN 13: 9781586480851

Verlag: PublicAffairs,U.S., 2001

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In this beautiful, patriotic gift book, colorfuly illustrated throughout, ABC News correspondent Lynn Sherr explores the fascinating history of our unofficial national anthem. We've all sung it a thousand times, and most of us know at least the first verse by heart. "America the Beautiful" has been called a hymn, a prayer, even the "national heartbeat set to music. " Numerous proposals and half a dozen bills in Congress have tried to replace our national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," with this more lyrical, less militaristic song. But who knows the story behind the song? In America the Beautiful, Lynn Sherr tells the story of Katharine Lee Bates, a poet and pioneering young English professor at the newly established Wellesley College, who penned "America the Beautiful" at age 33, as she gazed over the glorious panorama from the top of Pike's Peak, Colorado. The poem, published two years later on July 4, 1895, struck a chord. Americans embraced it and immediately set it to music, trying out at least 74 different melodies. There were even Mexican, Canadian, and Australian versions. Analyzing the lyrics of "America the Beautiful" and the story of Katharine Lee Bates's unusual life, Lynn Sherr opens a window onto the shifting world of late 19th century America. She explores the lingering impact of the Civil War and the dramatic developments in commerce and technology, which shaped the American Century and the popularity of one brilliant, stirring song.

Biografía del autor:

Lynn Sherr, correspondent for ABC News 20/20, has written books on several subjects about which she is passionate, including Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes and Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in her Own Words. She lives in New York City.

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• Verlag: PublicAffairs,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1586480855
• ISBN 13: 9781586480851
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128