Katharine Lee Bates's Books
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America the BeautifulThe same country that inspired Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 to write "America the Beautiful" inspired Neil Waldman, one hundred years later, to...Read More
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Barnstable Patriot, February 17, 2012
...Cape or memorialized it, among the most famous are Joseph C. Lincoln, Eugene O’Neill, Thornton W. Burgess, Katharine Lee Bates, Norman Mailer and Mary Oliver. The digital age has inspired readers to pursue entirely new venues for choosing books. Thanks...
Baltimore Jewish Times, November 24, 2011
...Beautiful” was written in 1893 after its author, standing atop Pikes Peak, was enthralled by the view. Fittingly, Katharine Lee Bates’ initial name for the poem was “Pikes Peak.” While named for a celebrated person in American history, Pikesville...
The Patriot Post, November 23, 2011
...all generations." --Psalm 100:4-5 I leave you with the words below from America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates. Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis! Libertas aut Mortis! Mark Alexander Publisher, PatriotPost.US If you have the means, please...
Art Knowledge News, October 27, 2011
...London’s 'Call of the Wild' and Diane Siebert’s 'Mojave', and his own picture book adaptation of Katharine Lee Bates’ 'America the Beautiful', express his sense of amazement at the sweep and grandeur of our nation’s natural inheritance....
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 1, 2012
...runs along the shore of Vineyard Sound was named the Shining Sea Bikeway in honor of Falmouth native Katharine Lee Bates, the author of "America the Beautiful." This trail has proved enormously popular, not only attracting large numbers of tourists but...
Boston Globe, February 29, 2012
...filled with speeches and songs, including America the Beautiful, the lyrics of which were penned by Wellesley resident Katharine Lee Bates. However, the day was also tinged with sorrow, as students and faculty honored Wellesley freshman Hannah Randolph,...
Examiner.com, February 19, 2012
...+ Subscribe During the summer of 1893, somewhere within the 14,000’ elevation of Pikes Peak in Colorado, Katharine Lee Bates joined a group of teachers as they journeyed up this rugged terrain in a prairie wagon. Once they reached a certain level, the...
Barnstable Patriot, February 17, 2012
...Cape or memorialized it, among the most famous are Joseph C. Lincoln, Eugene O’Neill, Thornton W. Burgess, Katharine Lee Bates, Norman Mailer and Mary Oliver. The digital age has inspired readers to pursue entirely new venues for choosing books. Thanks...
Area Wide News, February 13, 2012
...forth in house slippers. But parts of it are so rich and lush and green I understand how Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem later used for the lyrics for "America the Beautiful." "Oh, beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain. For purple...
Orange County Register, February 2, 2012
...substitute ?America the Beautiful? in its place? I?ll tell you why. Because there are some who believe that Katharine Lee Bates, who penned its lyrics, might have been gay. And that my friends would lead us all into another American conundrum, the...
WNYC, January 31, 2012
...if not South Carolina Republicans. The gold, if not platinum standard of that patriotic song with words by Katharine Lee Bates has to be Ray Charles'. The late musical icon was such a genius that he actually started his version at the third verse. It...
