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Tim McGraw To Release ‘Songs Of America’ Book

Tim McGraw will release Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest and the Music That Made a Nation via Penguin Random House June 11. The anthology book is written in collaboration with…

Tim McGraw Compiles Songs of History For Book

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 11: Tim McGraw attends the screening of “Free Solo” hosted by Tim McGraw at SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center on November 11, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for National Geographic)

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Tim McGraw will release Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest and the Music That Made a Nation via Penguin Random House June 11.

The anthology book is written in collaboration with historian Jon Meacham and compiles the songs that served as the soundtrack for the American Revolution, Great Depression, and Civil Rights Movement among other defining political events.

According to Amazon's pre-order, "From 'The Star Spangled Banner' to 'Born in the U.S.A.,' Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take us on a journey through the eras and the music that helped to shape a nation."

McGraw has written two children's books in 2008 based on his song "My Little Girl," and co-wrote a book about he and his band The Dancehall Doctors in 2002. He also wrote a book based on his 2016 song "Humble & Kind."

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