Miller, Marla R. <br/><br/>
Betsy Ross and the making of America / 
Marla R. Miller. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Henry Holt,  2010. 
 - 467 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780805082975  30.00 0805082972 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009035385 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.<br/>Flags--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>B  / ROSS