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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
As stated by someone above, Google (and a lot of specialized databases on the Internet) has made a lot of previously standard lookup books obsolete, outdated or incomplete.
(Ask me about dictionaries, I'm a translator. :/) an old book on flags and state symbols; only!?
I dare to guess that unless it is a gem in heraldic history nobody gives a ©®@p
Have a look at symbols.com and tell me if you can beat that.
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Wow, that site has really grown up. I wasn't even aware that they had branched out to include "state symbols."
Still, I'm really not impressed. Their coverage of the symbols I checked out was actually very shallow and far from complete.
As for no one giving a crap, there are at least two websites focusing on state symbols that get tons of traffic. They obviously aren't being squeezed out by Symbols.com.
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Flag Bulletin once published an article revealing that flags ranked among the most popular encyclopedia. I can't remember the exact ranking, but it was amazingly high.
Symbols are far more complex than most people realize, and there are many different approaches. You can just relate the basics (a la symbols.com), tell the stories behind their creation (entire books have been written about individual state flags), stir up some controversy (e.g. the South's Confederate flags or Washington State's dollar-bill flag), or even promote new or improved symbols.