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State names, seals, flags, and symbols : a historical guide / Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer.
LIBRA E155 .S44 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shearer, Benjamin F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Names, Geographical--United States--States.
- Names, Geographical.
- Seals (Numismatics)--United States--States.
- Seals (Numismatics).
- Flags--United States--States.
- Flags.
- Local history.
- U.S. states.
- Noncitizens--U.S. states.
- Jury instructions--U.S. states.
- State songs.
- State birds.
- State flowers.
- Mottoes.
- United States.
- Mottoes--United States--States.
- State flowers--United States.
- State birds--United States.
- State songs--United States.
- U.S. states--Miscellanea.
- United States--History, Local--Bibliography.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 495 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition, revised and expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A must-have third revised and newly expanded edition of the only single reference source for information about state symbols with over 300 information updates and three new chapters.
- Contents:
- 1 State and Territory Names and Nicknames 1
- 2 State and Territory Mottoes 17
- 3 State and Territory Seals 27
- 4 State and Territory Flags 53
- 5 State and Territory Capitols 77
- 6 State and Territory Flowers 97
- 7 State and Territory Trees 109
- 8 State and Territory Birds 125
- 9 State and Territory Songs 147
- 10 State and Territory Legal Holidays and Observances 155
- 11 State and Territory License Plates 195
- 12 State and Territory Postage Stamps 215
- 13 Miscellaneous Official State and Territory Designations 225
- 14 State and Territory Fairs and Festivals 249
- 15 State and Territory Universities 319
- 16 State and Territory Governors 373
- 17 State Professional Sports Teams 443.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references(pages [453]-470) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313315345
- OCLC:
- 46321058
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