The Flag, the Poet and the Song
The Flag, the Poet and the Song

Author: Irvin Molotsky

Publisher: Plume Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780452283459

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Explores the impact of the War of 1812 on American life, the life of poet Francis Scott Key, and the history of the flag that inspired the poem that became America's national anthem.

Star-Spangled Banner
Star-Spangled Banner

Author: Marc Ferris

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2014-09-13

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1421415186

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" In September, 2014, Baltimore and the United States will mark the bicentennial of the event that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner." But Francis Scott Key's poem, set to a British drinking song, has not always been our anthem, nor even especially popular. Aiming at a broad readership, Ferris examines the history of the song through the generations that followed the War of 1812, the kinds of Americans who rallied behind the song, and the successful lobbying effort that in 1933 convinced Congress to adopt the music and four stanzas as our official national anthem. Since then many citizens have called for its replacement with something less warlike; people quarrel over its apparent militarism and also difficulty level. Politically, Ferris finds, the song has an interesting and somewhat tortured story. Are we the only nation on earth with a controversial national anthem?"--Provided by publisher.