01888cam a2200277 4500 296804166 TxAuBib 20170623120000.0 060629s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780312323097 0312323093 TxAuBib Leepson, Marc, 1945- Flag [PB] : an American biography / Marc Leepson ; foreword by Nelson B. DeMille. 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2006. xviii, 334 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Originally published: c2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-318) and index. Foreword -- Introduction -- Antecedents -- The birth of a symbol -- Mother of invention -- First additions -- Our flag was still there -- Additions and a subtraction -- A house divided against itself -- Flagmania -- A band of brothers -- The hundredth anniversary -- The golden age of fraternity -- One nation indivisible -- The great war -- One hundred percent Americanism -- United we stand -- The Cold War -- The generation gap -- United we stand again -- Appendix: Stars and states. Marc Leepson; foreword by Nelson B. DeMille. "Journalist and historian Marc Leepson uncovers scores of little-known, fascinating facts as he traces the evolution of the American flag from the colonial period to the twenty-first century. Flag sifts through the historical evidence to--among many other things--uncover the truth behind the Betsy Ross myth and to discover the true designer of the Stars and Stripes. It details the many colorful and influential Americans who shaped the history of the flag"--Cover, p. 4. 20170623. Flags United States History. History.