America the Beautiful
by Susienka, Kristen
Series:America's Songs
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AR Book Level
4.6
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,688
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
502593 EN
About this book
This book tells the story of how the beloved patriotic song "America the Beautiful" came to be. It follows Katharine Lee Bates, a college professor who wrote the poem in 1893 after being inspired by the stunning scenery of the American West. The book explains how the lyrics depicting wheat fields, mountains, and vast skies eventually became set to music and transformed into an unofficial national anthem celebrating America's natural beauty.