“America the Beautiful,” illustrated by Wendell Minor Who among us, old or young, has not heard or sung that most stirring of poems set to music, written by one Katharine Lee Bates entitled, “America the Beautiful.” After reading this book with its masterful paintings of the depth and variety of the American landscape, parents, grandparents…
“America the Beautiful,” illustrated by Wendell Minor Who among us, old or young, has not heard or sung that most stirring of poems set to music, written by one Katharine Lee Bates entitled, “America the Beautiful.” After reading this book with its masterful paintings of the depth and variety of the American landscape, parents, grandparents…
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