For Spacious Skies: Katharine Lee Bates and the Inspiration for America the Beautiful

by Nancy Churnin

Book Overview

A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year

The true story of the unconventional woman and her enduring song about the spirit of America.

Katharine Lee Bates first wrote the lines to "America the Beautiful" after a stirring visit to Pikes Peak in 1893. But the story behind the song begins with Katharine herself, who pushed beyond conventional expectations of women to become an acclaimed writer, scholar, suffragist, and reformer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807525308
• ISBN13: 9780807525302
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3