01603cam a2200241 4500 1297818354 TxAuBib 20090102120000.0 070322s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004-65920 9780312323080 0312323085 brluke TxAuBib Leepson, Marc, 1945- Flag : an American biography / Marc Leepson. 1st ed. NY : Thomas Dunne Books, 2005. 334 p. Introduction -- Antecedents -- Birth of a symbol -- Mother of invention -- First additions -- Our flag was still there -- Additions and a subtraction -- House divided against itself -- Flagmania -- Band of Brothers -- Hundredth Anniversary -- Golden age of fraternity -- One nation indivisible -- Great war -- One hundred percent Americanism -- United we stand -- Cold war -- Generation gap -- United we stand again -- Appendix: Stars and states. This is one of those books that seem as though someone should have written it years ago--but better late than never. Flag: An American Biography is a must-read for scholars, history buffs, patriotic organizations, flag wavers, flag burners, or anyone who owns an American flag or has seen one in the last forty-eight hours. This iconic symbol of the nation, which is so ubiquitous in our lives, needs a history, and this is the definitive history of the flag of the United States of America.... 20070323. Flags United States History.