America the Beautiful

Katharine Lee Bates, Scholastic Inc

Scholastic Inc., 2001 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 32 pages

In 1893, Katherine Lee Bates visited Pike's Peak in Colorado. Inspired by the stunning view of"spacious skies" and " purple mountain majesties", she wrote America the Beautiful. This poem first appeared in the Congregationalist - a religious magazine- on July 4, 1895. Eventually, America the Beautiful was set to music by Samuel Augutus Ward.

Bibliographic information

• Title: America the Beautiful
• Authors: Katharine Lee Bates, Scholastic Inc
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2001
• ISBN: 0439399637, 9780439399630
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / General