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The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches on

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches on - Stauffer, John, and Soskis, Benjamin
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It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. 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 ...

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches on 2013, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199837434

Hardcover