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America the beautiful the stirring true story behind our nations's favorite song
| Title | America the beautiful the stirring true story behind our nations's favorite song |
| Names | Sherr, Lynn. |
| Book Number | DB055652 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Poet and educator Katharine Lee Bates composed the words to "America the Beautiful" in 1893 after being inspired by the "most glorious scenery I ever beheld," referring to the view from Pikes Peak in Colorado. Sherr chronicles Bates's lifelong involvement with the song's evolution from her poem to unofficial national anthem. 2001. |
| Narrator | Strom, Margaret. |
| Local Subject | Music & Dance - MAD |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Arts & Architecture - ART | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Audience Notes | A |
| Female narrator. |
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| LC Subject | National songs - United States - History and criticism |
| Patriotic poetry, American - History and criticism |
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| United States - Songs and music - History and criticism |
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| Call Number | 811.4 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2001 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2001 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Public Affairs, c2001. |