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Author: Irvin Molotsky
Publisher: Thorndike Press
ISBN: 9780783896816
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Tells the story behind the story, bringing both legendary and unknown events and figures to life, from the flag's seamstress to the military heroes of the War of 1812.
Author: Irvin Molotsky
Publisher: Thorndike Press
ISBN: 9780783896816
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Tells the story behind the story, bringing both legendary and unknown events and figures to life, from the flag's seamstress to the military heroes of the War of 1812.
Author: Michigan State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Author: K'NAAN
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770493026
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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“Wavin’Flag” has become an international anthem. Its powerful words of hope have crossed generations and borders, and have made K’NAAN an international star. In his first book for children, When I Get Older, Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, and songwriter K’NAAN tells his own story. Born in Somalia, he grew up in Mogadishu. His grandfather was a renowned poet who passed on his love of words to his grandson. When the Somali Civil War began in 1991, K’NAAN was just thirteen. His mother made the difficult decision to move her family so that they could grow up in safety. First in New York and then in Toronto, K’NAAN faced many challenges. Like so many other immigrants, he had to make a place for himself in a world of alien customs, clothes, and language. His road was a hard one: he lost many friends to violence. But K’NAAN’s love of music, and his enormous talent, became a way for him to connect with his past, with his classmates, and eventually, to millions of people around the world. Not only does K’NAAN tell a story that will inspire and encourage young readers, but he provides a brief history of the Somalian conflict. The lyrics of “Wavin’ Flag” are also included. Born Keinan Abdi Warsame, K’NAAN first came to prominence when he performed a spoken word piece before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1999. A member of the audience, the singer Youssou N’Dour, was so impressed that he asked K’NAAN to take part in an album and to tour with him. Since then, K’NAAN has performed in more than 86 countries and has received many honors, including three Juno Awards and the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music. During the Vancouver Olympics, he worked with other Canadian musicians and artists under the name Young Artists for Haiti to produce a charity version of “Wavin’ Flag.” The song was adapted again to become the FIFA World Cup theme song. There are now twenty-two versions of the song, which hit #1 in nineteen countries.
Author: Lynea Bowdish
Publisher: Mondo Publishing
ISBN: 9781590341957
Category : Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Describes the circumstances that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." Includes lyrics and music.
Author: Francis Scott Key
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National songs
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Author: Eric Mackay
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Song of the Flag: A National Ode" by Eric Mackay. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Joseph Rodman Drake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Author: Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593132955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.
Author: Sylvanus Dryden Phelps
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: Marian Minnie George
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Course of study
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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