Purple Mountain Majesties. The Story of Katherine Lee Bates and "America the Beautiful"
Childhood Education, Spring 1999 by Burnett, Jeanie
Younger, Barbara PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES. The Story of Katherine Lee Bates and "America the Beautiful." II. by Stacey Schuett. ISBN 0-525-45653-8. New York: Dutton's Children's Books, 1998. Unp. $15.99. Miss Bates, a young college teacher, wrote a poem depicting the mountains, prairies, and seas that she saw from the train window as she was heading west.
"America the Beautiful" was first published as a poem and then, some years later, set to music. Many people still want this song to become the national anthem for the United States. Ages 6-10. Reviewed by Irene A. Allen, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
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