Senin, 08 Januari 2018

American History Book Review: Betsy Ross and the Making of America

Betsy Ross and the Making of America by Marla R. Miller; Henry Holt How can this be the first scholarly biography of Betsy Ross? Surely she is one of the most famous women of the American Revolution. Most of us still learn the legend that George Washington visited her Philadelphia shop and asked her to …

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