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008			130222s2010 nyuafb b 001 0beng d
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040			_cAJM _dAJM
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082			_aB _bROSS
100	1		_aMiller, Marla R. _921588
245	1	0	_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 -- 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	1	0	_aRoss, Betsy, _d1752-1836. _921589
650		0	_aRevolutionaries _zUnited States _vBiography. _921590
650		0	_aFlags _zUnited States _xHistory. _921591
651		0	_aPhiladelphia (Pa.) _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783. _921592
902			_a100511
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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