Overview

The first book ever to chronicle the origins of our most famous tune, recognized the world over as ""America's Song."" The legacy of ""Yankee Doodle"" is as rich as the heritage of America, originating in an ancient folk air brought to the New World by Dutch colonists in the 1600s. A century later, a British officer set his own verses to the melody, which mocked New England militia. ""Yankee Doodle"" was despised by colonials until the Revolution, when it was transformed from a song of insult into America's most stirring anthem of defiance and of victory. Illustrated with period art. Chapter notes. Index.

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9781884592300

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""America's Song skillfully traces our country's military and political history through the constantly evolving lyrics of the inveterate tune, ""Yankee Doodle."" It provides an informative insight into the values and bawdy humor of America's rank and file during this formative period."" (George C. Neumann, former national commander of the Brigade of the American Revolution, director and fellow of the Company of Military Historians, and author of several books on early America.)

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The author, Stuart Murray, born in Scotland and raised in New Jersey, majored in history at Rutgers University, and now lives in New York's mid-Hudson Valley. Stuart Murray is the author of 40 books of which six were published by Images from the Past.

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