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Betsy Ross and the making of America /

A richly woven biography of the beloved patriot Betsy Ross, her fabled creation of "the first flag" and an enthralling portrait of everyday life in Revolutionary War-era Philadelphia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Marla R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Ross, Betsy, > 1752-1836.
Revolutionaries > United States > Biography.
Flags > United States > History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Table of Contents:
  • Six hundred miles nearer the sun.
  • The light within
  • A nursery to the lord
  • Pins and needles
  • Crafting comfort
  • The furnace of affliction.
  • Combustible matters
  • Domestic rebellions
  • Union and disunion
  • Mr. and Mrs. Ross
  • Meditations in trouble
  • True colors.
  • Crafting colors
  • Signals of independence
  • The mariner's bride
  • The occupied city
  • Privateer to prisoner
  • Peace and prosperity.
  • Third time's a charm
  • Lord and empire
  • Brotherly love
  • Fever
  • The federal edifice
  • Endings and beginnings.
  • War, redux
  • A port in the storm.