Songs of America

Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw examine American history through songs and performers, moving from Revolutionary-era battle hymns to music of the twenty-first century. Meacham recounts the histories connected to the songs, while McGraw responds from the perspective of an artist and performer. The book considers music associated with the Civil War, women’s suffrage, the world wars, the Great Depression, civil rights, and Vietnam, alongside the cultural and political conditions in which those songs emerged.