MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009035385
003 DLC
005 20101224084814.0
008 090825s2010 nyuaf b 001 0beng
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050 00 $aE302.6.R77$bM54 2010
082 00 $a973.3092$aB$222
100 1 $aMiller, Marla R.
245 10 $aBetsy Ross and the making of America /$cMarla R. Miller.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHenry Holt,$c2010.
300 $a467 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSix 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 ; For Lord and empire ; Brotherly love ; Fever ; The federal edifice -- Endings and beginnings. War, redux ; A port in the storm.
520 $aA 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.
600 10 $aRoss, Betsy,$d1752-1836.
650 0 $aRevolutionaries$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aFlags$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009035385-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009035385-d.html