Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag
- ISBN-10
- 0020421206
- ISBN-13
- 9780020421207
- Series
- Betsy Ross
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Ann Weil
Description
Recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776.
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