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The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song that Marches On
By Stauffer, John & Benjamin Soskis
- ISBN
- 9780199837434
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on May 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
More than the story of the song that we all know and can sing (at least the first verse of) on cue, this title by Stauffer (English, African and African American studies, Harvard) and Soskis (Ctr. for the Study of Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy & Policy, George Mason Univ.) relates every tangent of the history of the tune itself. In its many iterations (such as black spirituals and "John Brown's Body") th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
