State names, seals, flags, and symbols: A historical guide

By Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara Smith Shearer

Book Overview

This must-have third revised and newly expanded edition of the only single reference source for information about state symbols features over 300 information updates plus three new chapters, updated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313245592
• ISBN13: 9780313245596
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Reference book for state names, etc.

Great resource for students who are doing state projects. A must have in every upper elementary classroom.

For looking up anything state-related!

Collaborative written by Benjamin and Barbara Shearer, and now available in an updated and expanded third edition, State Names, Seals, Flags, And Symbols: A Historical Guide is a comprehensive, authoritative, superbly presented reference on everything from American state legal holidays, fairs, and festivals to individual state capitols and mottoes. With a full-color section featuring illustrations of every state's seal, flag, flower, tree, bird, commemorative postage stamp and license plate, State Names, Seals, Flags, And Symbols is a first-rate, highly recommended reference for looking up anything state-related!