The Battle Hymn of the Republic A Biography of the Song That Marches On |
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| Author:
| Stauffer, John
Soskis, Benjamin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-983743-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause in our nation's history.
Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause in our nation's history.