Cox, Vicki.
Betsy Ross : a flag for a new nation / Vicki Cox. - Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2006. - 148 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Leaders of the American Revolution .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.
The legend of Betsy Ross -- Quaker family life -- Growing up with the colonies -- A rebellion in the colonies -- A time of war -- Betsy Ross and the Founding Fathers -- A new nation -- Philadelphia is captured -- War ends -- Two different views.
Explains the origins of the legend that colonial seamstress Betsy Ross sewed the first flag of the United States, and looks at the facts of her life and times in Revolutionary War era Philadelphia.
6.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0791086186
2005007536
Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836.
Revolutionaries--Biography.
Flags--History.--United States
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution.
E302.6.R77 / C69 2006
973.3/092 B
Betsy Ross : a flag for a new nation / Vicki Cox. - Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2006. - 148 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Leaders of the American Revolution .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.
The legend of Betsy Ross -- Quaker family life -- Growing up with the colonies -- A rebellion in the colonies -- A time of war -- Betsy Ross and the Founding Fathers -- A new nation -- Philadelphia is captured -- War ends -- Two different views.
Explains the origins of the legend that colonial seamstress Betsy Ross sewed the first flag of the United States, and looks at the facts of her life and times in Revolutionary War era Philadelphia.
6.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0791086186
2005007536
Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836.
Revolutionaries--Biography.
Flags--History.--United States
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution.
E302.6.R77 / C69 2006
973.3/092 B