God Bless America —— The Surprising History of an Iconic Song

----- 天佑美国：美国标志性歌曲传奇发展史

ISBN: 9780199919772 出版年：2013 页码：225 Kaskowitz, Sheryl Oxford University Press

The song 'God Bless America' has come to inhabit our collective consciousness. This book tells the fascinating story behind the song, from its composition in 1918 by Irving Berlin, to its first performance by Kate Smith in 1938, to its post 9/11 popularity. It tells the story of how the song has come to take on different meanings over time and it explores how it came to its present popularity, including in professional baseball.