Rough Waters traces the evolution of the role of the U.S. merchant ship flag, and the U.S. merchant fleet itself. Rodney Carlisle looks at conduct and commerce at sea from the earliest days of the cou
The youngest readers will enjoy this concise but informative history of the American flag with beautiful and exciting illlustrations of colonial life, Betsy Ross and George Washington, Fort McHenry, a
Elizabeth may be a little bear, but she treats the American flag with big respect. Elizabeth wakes up the American flag in the morning and puts it to bed at night. She acts as her father's "f
1722--aboard a pirate ship off the American Colonial Coast. Spider John Rush never wanted to be a pirate, but it had happened and he'd learned to survive in the world of cut and thrust, fight or die.
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the United States flag to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence by G.A. Henty tells the story of the The American Revolution form the perspective of a young British loyalist, Harold Wilson. Henty suc
The American Civil War began with a laying down of arms by Union troops at Fort Sumter, and it ended with a series of surrenders, most famously at Appomattox Courthouse. But in the intervening four ye
The little-known and inspiring story behind the national anthem and the stars and stripes "O say can you see" begins one of the most recognizable songs in the US. Originally a poem by Francis Scott Ke
You see it everywhere: on bumper stickers, tee shirts, lapel pins, in shop windows, and in front of nearly every school or government building. Yet while the American flag is ubiquitous, as a symbol i
