Our Nation´s Flag
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| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Smith, Colonel Nicholas) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Our Nation´s Flag: In History and Incident The flag of our country was ordained one hundred and twenty-six years ago. During this period it has been unfurled in five memorable wars besides sixteen wars with Indians. My fellow-countrymen cannot fail to be deeply interested in the story which tells how this flag came into being and the great events connected with its evolution. Historical sketches of "Old Glory" in newspapers and magazines are abundant but fragmentary. Not including the present volume only eight or nine books have been written on the flag. This is a small number when the greatness of the theme is considered. General Schuyler Hamilton was its pioneer historian, his small but valuable volume appearing in 1852. Admiral George Henry Preble published his exhaustive work on the flags of all nations twenty-five years ago. He gives much space to the American flag, but the bulk of the volume and the peculiar style in which it was compiled and edited make it more suitable as a reference book for public libraries than for popular reading. Other books put forth since Preble´s monumental work was issued are small, and, while in some degree meritorious, are not sufficiently comprehensive in scope and treatment. My purpose in preparing this volume was to supply much that is lacking in other books on our Nation´s flag. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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