‘Songs of America’: A Tribute to Quintessentially American Music

A biographer and country star discuss America’s favorite songs in this freedom-focused book.
‘Songs of America’: A Tribute to Quintessentially American Music
(Top) Jon Meacham, collaborated with Tim McGraw for "Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music that Made a Nation." Larry D. Moore/CC BY-SA 4.0; Steve Kwak/CC BY-SA 2.0
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From our founding to the present, some songs have defined various eras of the country’s 250 years of existence. They evoke a sense of patriotism and togetherness.

Pulitzer-prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham and Grammy Award-winning musician Tim McGraw teamed up to create a unique and uplifting historical account of our nation’s musical past. The introduction’s stated thesis promises “History isn’t just something we read; it’s something we hear.” Meacham and McGraw take readers on a well-researched, musically focused American history journey.

Deena Bouknight
Deena Bouknight
Author
A 30-plus-year writer-journalist, Deena C. Bouknight works from her Western North Carolina mountain cottage and has contributed articles on food culture, travel, people, and more to local, regional, national, and international publications. She has written three novels, including the only historical fiction about the East Coast’s worst earthquake. Her website is DeenaBouknightWriting.com