George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
Author of You're a Grand Old Flag
About the Author
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Works by George M. Cohan
Seven Keys to Baldpate: A Mysterious Melodramatic Farce, in a Prologue, Two Acts and an Epilogue (1913) 20 copies
Irish Music Hall: An Extravaganza of Lovely Ballads and Humorous Ditties Including the Songs of George M. Cohan, Thomas Moore, and Others... (1968) 7 copies
Give My Regards to Broadway — Composer — 2 copies
The Talk of New York: 1907 Broadway Musical: Complete Book and Lyrics (Historical Libretto Series) (2020) 1 copy
A Prince There Was 1 copy
The Man Who Owns Broadway 1 copy
Fifty Miles from Boston 1 copy
They Stopped the Show 1 copy
Officer 666 1 copy
The return of the vagabond 1 copy
Star Spangled Spectacular [score] — Composer — 1 copy
Associated Works
World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It (1918) — Contributor — 223 copies, 1 review
10 Classic Mystery and Suspense Plays of the Modern Theatre (1973) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review
Famous Plays of Crime and Detection, from Sherlock Holmes to Angel Street (1977) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review
Backstage with Henry Miller, etc. [With plates, including portraits.] (1938) — Introduction — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1878-07-03
- Date of death
- 1942-11-05
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- actor
songwriter
playwright
composer - Awards and honors
- Congressional Gold Medal (1936)
- Relationships
- Niblo, Fred (brother in law)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
Members
Reviews
This children’s picture book is a glorious celebration of our nation’s flag featuring the well-known song written by George M. Cohan in 1906. A unique illustration accompanies each line of the lyrics; the music is presented at the end of the book along with some notes detailing the writing of the song and some facts about the flag’s design and its changes through the years.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
great story about the American flag, good way to get reading into the social studies classroom.
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Statistics
- Works
- 38
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 272
- Popularity
- #85,117
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 21
