Benny Benson, an Indian boy, was a pupil in the Territorial school at Seward when the Alaska Flag Contest was launched in 1926. This is the true story of how Benny's design, based on his love of the stars and forget-me-nots and blue sky of his homeland, came to be chosen as the official flag of Alaska. W. T. Mars' striking illustrations provide a pictorial survey of the geography, industry, and people of that great region.

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