For spacious skies : Katharine Lee Bates and "America the beautiful"

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For spacious skies : Katharine Lee Bates and "America the beautiful"
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Katharine Lee Bates and "America the beautiful"
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Nancy Churnin ; illustrated by Olga Baumert
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Language
eng
Summary
"Katharine Lee Bates first wrote the lines to "America the Beautiful" on a summer evening after a stirring visit to Pikes Peak in 1893. But the story behind the song begins with Katharine herself, who grew up with memories of the country divided by the Civil War and pushed beyond conventional expectations of women to become an acclaimed writer, scholar, suffragist, and reformer. Katharine believed in the power of words to make a difference, and in "America the Beautiful," her vision of the nation as a great family, united from sea to shining sea, continues to uplift and inspire us all"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 811/.4
  • B
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 4-8
Intended audience source
Albert Whitman & Company
LC call number
PS1077.B4
LC item number
Z63 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Target audience
juvenile

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