Editing America the Beautiful (section)

==Books==
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[[Lynn Sherr]]'s 2001 book ''America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song'' discusses the origins of the song and the backgrounds of its authors in depth. The book points out that the poem has [[Common meter|the same meter]] as that of "[[Auld Lang Syne]]"; the songs can be sung interchangeably. Additionally, Sherr discusses the evolution of the lyrics, for instance, changes to the original third verse written by Bates.<ref name= "Sherr2001">{{cite book |title=America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song |first=Lynn |last=Sherr |publisher=PublicAffairs |location=New York |year=2001 |isbn=978-1-58648-085-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdSmeAv3v-oC&pg=PA78 |page=78 |access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>

Melinda M. Ponder, in her 2017 biography ''Katharine Lee Bates: From Sea to Shining Sea'',<ref name=FromSeatoShiningSea /> draws heavily on Bates's diaries and letters to trace the history of the poem and its place in American culture.