TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Marla R.
TI  - Betsy Ross and the making of America
SN  - 9780805082975
U1  - B 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt
KW  - Ross, Betsy,
KW  - Revolutionaries
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Flags
KW  - History
KW  - Philadelphia (Pa.)
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -