Star-Spangled Banner

Released on by Marc Ferris
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  • Star-Spangled Banner Book Detail

  • Author : Marc Ferris
  • Release Date : 2014-09-13
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 327
  • ISBN 13 : 1421415186
  • File Size : 70,70 MB
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Star-Spangled Banner by Marc Ferris PDF Summary

Book Description: " In September, 2014, Baltimore and the United States will mark the bicentennial of the event that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner." But Francis Scott Key's poem, set to a British drinking song, has not always been our anthem, nor even especially popular. Aiming at a broad readership, Ferris examines the history of the song through the generations that followed the War of 1812, the kinds of Americans who rallied behind the song, and the successful lobbying effort that in 1933 convinced Congress to adopt the music and four stanzas as our official national anthem. Since then many citizens have called for its replacement with something less warlike; people quarrel over its apparent militarism and also difficulty level. Politically, Ferris finds, the songhas an interesting and somewhat tortured story. Are we the only nation on earth with a controversial national anthem?"--Provided by publisher.

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