Shearer, Benjamin F.

State names, seals, flags, and symbols : a historical guide / Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer ; illustrations by Jerrie Yehling Smith. - New York : Greenwood Press, 1987. - viii, 239 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [205]-218.

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Contains information on the origin of state names and official symbols.

Young Adult

0313245592 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

86027135 //r93


Names, Geographical--States.--United States
Seals (Numismatics)--States.--United States
Flags--States.--United States
Capitols.
Mottoes--United States.
State flowers--United States.
State birds.
State songs--United States.
Seals (Numismatics)--United States.
Flags--United States.
Capitols.
Geographic names--United States.


United States--History, Local--Bibliography.

E155 / .S44 1987

929.9/2/0973