Who Was Betsy Ross? (Who Was?)

by James Buckley (Author) John O'Brien (Illustrator)

Who Was Betsy Ross? (Who Was?)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Who Was?
Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. By 1779 she was filling cartridges for the Continental Army. Did she sew the first flag? That's up for debate, but "Who Was Betsy Ross?" tells the story of a fierce patriot who certainly helped create the flag of a new nation.
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James Buckley
James Buckley, Jr. has written more than 50 books for kids, including Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448482439
Lexile Measure
840
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
December 26, 2014
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF025190 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/Colonial & Revolutionary
Library of Congress categories
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