The Stars and the Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the PresentThis book is the first to show us our national flag - in all its various & surprising incarnations through 200 years - as folk art, as a profoundly moving expression of the feelings of generations of Americans about the events & spirit of their country growth. The beautiful More ... |
Contents
Publishers Note | 10 |
The First Stars | 31 |
A New Constellation | 43 |
Copyright | |
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