Flags through the ages and across the world
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill,
[1975]
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
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| Physical Description: | 357 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 350. |
| ISBN: | 0070590931 |
| Author Notes: | At the age of 18, he decided that the study of flags deserved its own name and created the term vexillology. In 1960, he designed a national flag for newly independent Guyana. In 1961, he created the bimonthly Flag Bulletin with Gerhard Grahl. A year later he founded the Flag Research Center, a consulting firm that answered inquiries from filmmakers, historians, and commercial flag makers. He designed flags for the Saudi Navy and helped design flags for the islands of Bonaire and Aruba. He wrote several books including The Flag Book of the United States, Flags through the Ages and Across the World, and Flag Lore of All Nations. He wrote more than 250 flag histories for Encyclopedia Britannica. He died from advanced Alzheimer's disease on November 17, 2016 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |
