The flag maker

Relates events of the 1814 Battle of Baltimore as seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old Caroline Pickersgill, who had worked with her family and their servants to sew the enormous flag which waved over Fort McHenry.

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Main Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Other Authors: Nivola, Claire A. (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
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Summary:Relates events of the 1814 Battle of Baltimore as seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old Caroline Pickersgill, who had worked with her family and their servants to sew the enormous flag which waved over Fort McHenry.
Physical Description:32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).
ISBN:0618267573
Author Notes:A former 8th-grade English teacher, Susan Campbell Bartoletti writes fiction and nonfiction for all ages. Black Potatoes is the winner of the ALA Sibert Award for Best Information book, the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Distinguished Nonfiction, and the SCBWI Golden Kite Nonfiction award. She lives with her family in Moscow, PA.