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The Stars and the Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present

by Boleslaw Mastai, Marie-Louise D'Otrange Mastai

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This 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 ... Color photos, the superb narrative & captions, trace the development of the flag's design. There are many treasures brilliantly reproduced in full color.

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Original publication date: 1973

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Genres: Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 929.9 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Genealogy, Flags, Heraldry, Civil Records Flags
LCC: JC346 .Z3 .M37 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Symbolism

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Languages: English
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Published: 1973
Genres: Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 929.9
LCC: JC346 .Z3 .M37

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