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The American flag has a long and storied history. The first United States flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes. So, how did the current flag come to have 50 stars and 13 stripes? Your young historians will learn about the flag's development and the meaning behind the colors, stars, and stripes. Eye-catching photographs show how the flag has changed over time and how Americans honor their country's flag.
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"The Red Cross girls with the Stars and Stripes" by Margaret Vandercook. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
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"Edmond Genet from Ossining, New York, was the first American flier to die in the First World War after the United States declared war against Germany, shot down by anti-aircraft artillery on April 17, 1917. Genet was the great great grandson of Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, the French Ambassador to the United States shortly before the French Revolution who is mostly remembered for being the cause of an international incident...
13) The Broncho Rider Boys With Funston at Vera Cruz: Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes
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"The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz. Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes" by Frank Fowler. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to...
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Mildred Aldrich was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1853. After graduating from Everett High School in 1872, she taught elementary school in Boston, Massachusetts. Aldrich began her career as a journalist with the Boston Home Journal and later contributed to Arena and the Boston Herald. For a short period in 1892, she also edited the magazine, The Mahogany Tree. In 1898, Aldrich moved to France and while living in Paris became a close friend...
16) Center stage
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful.
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xviii, 636 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm
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"By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs."--Provided by publisher.
"President from 1913 to 1921, Wilson set a high bar for himself and the country. No president believed more...
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698 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic.
An account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginnings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914.
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